carol
On Fri, 29 May 1998, Max B. Sawicky wrote:
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> > Goodwyn's book is a very simplistic take on a rather complicated subject.
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> Hmm. Goodwyn is simplistic but you've got this
> one by the balls.
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> I'm afraid it is your post which is simplistic,
> by mechanically cataloging statements out of
> historical context. Watson is a perfect example
> of an evolution which ended in racist debacle,
> but had a very different historical build-up.
> You could probably write a similar paragraph
> which dismisses with equal fallaciousness the
> American labor movement, or American socialism.
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> There were significant black populist organizations,
> some organized with the cooperation of the white
> counterparts.
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> > Southern populists were far from anti-racist. . . .
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> > This is all from a quite excellent book, "Blacks and the Populist
> > Revolt" by
> > Gerald Gaither (Univ. of Alabama Press, 1977). Clearly, Bourbon Democrats
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> I haven't read this book, but I have read Goodwyn and
> recommend it. The furthest thing from simplistic
> that I can imagine.
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> MBS
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