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Auteur(s) : Jessen, Nathan
Titre(s) : Populism and imperialism [Texte imprimé] : politics, culture, and foreign policy in the American West, 1890-1900 / Nathan Jessen
Publication : Lawrence (Kan.) : University Press of Kansas, copyright 2017
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (X-331 p.) : ill. ; 24 cm
Note(s) : Bibliogr. p. 311-324. Index
"In the final years of the nineteenth century, as a large-scale movement of farmers
and laborers swept much the country, the United States engaged in an ostensibly anti-colonial
war against Spain and a colonial war of its own in the Philippines. How one related
to the other--the nature of the activists' involvement in foreign policy debates and
the influence of these wars upon the prospects for domestic reform--is what Nathan
Jessen explores in Populism and Imperialism. American reformers at the turn of the
twentieth century have long been misrepresented as accomplices of empire. Rather,
as Populism and Imperialism makes clear, they were imperialism's chief opponents--and
that opposition contributed to their ultimate defeat. Correcting the record, Jessen
charts the fortunes of the Populists through the nineteenth century's last decade.
He shows that, contrary to the standard narrative, Populists remained powerful in
West after the election of 1896; they only suffered their final political reverses
in 1900 after being branded as unpatriotic traitors by their opponents. In fact, the
Populists and Democrats in the West favored war with Spain for humanitarian reasons;
some among them led the opposition to Hawaiian annexation and--as leaders of the anti-imperialists
in Congress from 1899 on--the occupation of the Philippines. Jessen also addresses
the little-studied 'money power' conspiracy theory that explains a key element of
the Populist worldview. This theory, linking European imperialism and the growing
economic and political power of financiers, stirred Populist opposition to American
imperialism as well. Populism and Imperialism revises a critical chapter in US history
and offers lessons for the present as well as insights into the nation's past"--Provided
by publisher
Autre(s) forme(s) du titre :
- Autre forme du titre : Politics, culture, and foreign policy in the American West,
1890-1900
Sujet(s) : Populisme -- États-Unis -- 19e siècle
Civilisation -- États-Unis (ouest) -- 19e siècle
Relations extérieures -- États-Unis -- 1865-1921
Anti-impérialisme -- États-Unis -- 19e siècle
Indice(s) Dewey :
973.8 (23e éd.) = Histoire - États-Unis - 1865-1901
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9780700624645. - ISBN 0700624643 (erroné). - ISBN 9780700624652 (erroné) (rel.)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb466419675
Notice n° :
FRBNF46641967
(notice reprise d'un réservoir extérieur)
Table des matières : 1. Western populist ideology and worldview ; 2. The local context : Nebraska, Colorado,
and Washington, 1890-1897 ; 3. The money power and the war of 1898 ; 4. Hawaiian
annexation and the beginning of the debate over empire ; 5. Patriotism and the elections
of 1898 ; 6. Imperialism comes to the forefront ; 7. Setting the stage for the campaign
; 8. The contest of 1900 and the defeat of reform.