the populist moment a short history of the agrarian revolt in america
this condensed version of lawrence goodwyns democratic promise the highly acclaimed study on american populism which the civil liberties review called a brilliant comprehensive study offers new political language designed to provide a fresh means of assessing both democracy and authoritarianism today .
the origins and events of the agrarian revolt and the populist movement are analyzed from an historical perspective as well as in light of the american concepts of freedom democracy and authoritarianism