populism

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Sun Aug 26 09:52:04 PDT 2001


Max Sawicky wrote:


>mbs: try reading the primary sources some time,
>particularly in "The Populist Reader," or on the
>Internet, compare it to other political commentary
>of the time, and then rethink whether it reflects
>'shallow and unthinking.'

From one of the sites you recommend, I learned about "the yeomanry's longstanding opposition to the building of railroads through their communities." Max, was the railroad a mistake?

Doug



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