Democratic Promise: The Populist Movement in America

Introduction
Contents
Part One: The TIde Rising
	1. Creating An Alliance of Farmers
		I. Prelude to Populism: Discovering the Limits of American Politics
		II. The Coming of the Farmers Alliance
		III. The Emergence of Alliance Radicalism
		IV. The Rise of Western Insurgency
	2. To Build the Cooperative Commonwealth
		V. The Cooperative Crusade
		VI. Toward, the Sub-Treasury System and a National Farmer-Labor Coalition
		VII. The First Political Breakthrough
		VIII. Severing the Bonds of The Fathers: The Politics of the Sub-Treasury
		IX. The High Tide of Alliance Radicalism: Formation of the People’s Party
Part Two: The Tide Reciding
	3. The Tasks of A Party of the People
		X. The Populist Approach to Black America
		XI. An Unresolved Strategy: The People’s Party as a National Institution
		XII. The Reform Editors and the Language of Populism
		XIII. A Shadow Movement Finds Its Spokesmen
	4. The Triumph of American Finance Capitalism
		XIV. The Last Agrarian Crusade: The Movement vs. the Silver Lobby
		XV. A Cross of Silver
		XVI. The Collapse of Populist Morale
		XVII. The Irony of Populism
Afterword
Appendix A. Origins and Legacy of a Culturally Inadmissible Idea: The Sub-Treasury Land and Loan System
Appendix B. An Economic Appraisal of the Sub-Treasury Plan
Appendix C. The Northwestern Farmers Alliance: Opponent of Populism
Appendix D. Ideological Origins of the Omaha Platform
Appendix E. A Kansas Proclamation: “The Tramp Circular”
A Critical Essay on Authorities
Notes
Acknowledgments
Index