Peffer William Peter Argersinger (13 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. text clean and unmarked. binding tight. covers have very light wear. edges of pages have very light wear.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Edited by Peter H. Argersinger. Boards in very good condition. Dust jacket has a small closed tear to upper corner of front flap, otherwise in very good condition. Inscribed by Argersinger to previous owner on half-title page. First two pages have light crease to bottom corner. Binding tight and text appears clean.…

Hardcover. 208pp hardcover. Light spotting on top edge, else near new condition, covers bright, text clean & binding tight in like dust jacket.

Cloth. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Printing. Looks and feels like new.

Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Torn/worn dj. Good hardcover with some shelfwear; may have previous owner's name inside. Standard-sized.

Condition: New. In English.

Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. 9.00x6.00x0.75 inches. In Stock.

paperback. Condition: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title.

Condition: New.

Buch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - Before it was ''Populism'', the great reform movement of the 1890s was often called ''Pefferism'' after its most prominant leader, Kansas editor William Peffer. Peffer's memoir, ''Populism, Its Rise and Fall'' is the only significant memoir by a major Populist figure. The Populist movement arose as a revolt against the special privileges of industrialism and the American banking system. It spread quickly throughout the Midwest and South and reached its zenith with the founding of the People's Party in the early 1890s. William Peffer chaired the national conference that organized the People's Party and was the Party's first US senator and president of its national Reform Press Association. Peffer's memoir, written in 1899 but discovered decades later, offers an insider's view of the Populist movement. Peffer describes the development of Populism, the political manoeuverings and campaign practices of the People's Party, the effect of the famous silver movement on the critical election of 1896, and the behind-the-scenes conflicts and disagreements that ultimately led to the dissolution of America's last great third party. ''Populism, Its Rise and Fall'' includes the complete text of this singular memoir, transcribed, edited, and annotated by Peter H. Argersinger, a leading scholar of the Populist movement. Argersinger's introductory essay and extensive annotation evoke America at the turn of the century and place Peffer's memoir in the context of the times, at the vortex of the forces that shaped and ultimately destroyed Populism. …

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