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This Is The First Full-length Study Of The People's Party In Oklahoma, Closely Examines The Origins, Character, Accomplishments, And Demise Of The Party That, Even More Than The Socialist Party, Constituted A Major Electoral Force In Oklahoma's Early History. The Author's Extensive Research Provide The Basis For Lively And Detailed Accounts Of Territorial Politics And Local Debates On Major National Issues Of The Day. He Traces The Origins Of The Oklahoma People's Party To The South-kansas Egalitarian Movements Of The 1880s And Substantiates The Populist's Claim That Their Movement Transcended Sectionalism (always An Important Factor In Oklahoma) And Posed A Major Threat To Mainstream-party Control Of The Territorial Government. -- From Book Jacket. Kansas Origins -- Organizing The Oklahoma Territory -- The First Legislature, 1890 -- The Populist Response To Gilded Age Development -- Democrats At The Helm -- Populism At Floodtide -- Republicans Triumphant: The 1895 Legislature -- The Road To Fusion -- Reformers At Work: The 1897 Legislature -- The Fruits Of Expediency -- Conclusion. By Worth Robert Miller. Includes Index. Bibliography: P. 219-243.

Author

Miller, Worth Robert, 1943-

Publisher

Norman: University of Oklahoma Press

Published

1987

Language

EN

ISBN

9780806120720

Subjects

Political Science, History, Humanities