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The Age of Reform is a 1955 [1] Pulitzer Prize-winning book by Richard Hofstadter.It is an American history, which traces events from the Populist Movement of the 1890s through the Progressive Era to the New Deal of the 1930s.
In their book, Texas Politics Today 2009-2010, authors Maxwell, Crain, and Santos attribute Texas' traditionally low voter turnout among whites to these influences. [4] But beginning in the early 20th century, voter turnout was dramatically reduced by the state legislature's disenfranchisement of most blacks, and many poor whites and Latinos.
James Allen Hightower (born January 11, 1943) is an American syndicated columnist, progressive [1] [2] political activist, and author. From 1983 to 1991 he served as the elected commissioner of the Texas Department of Agriculture. He publishes a monthly newsletter that is notable for its in-depth investigative reporting, The Hightower Lowdown.
One of the most active leaders in the anti-suffrage movement in Texas was Pauline Kleiber Wells who was from Brownsville, Texas. [40] Pauline Wells was married to a powerful Democratic Party "boss," James B. Wells, Jr. [ 40 ] Pauline Wells began to campaign against women's suffrage in Texas in 1912. [ 40 ]
The definition of populism is a complex one as due to its mercurial nature; it has been defined by many different scholars with different focuses, including political, economic, social, and discursive features. [4] Populism is often split into two variants in the US, one with a focus on culture and the other that focuses on economics. [5]
This movement for what Miller likes to call "Texit" has a legal argument resting in Article 1, Section 2 of the Texas constitution, which reads in part: "All political power is inherent in the ...
Populist social movements are comparatively rare, as most social movements focus on a more restricted social identity or issue rather than identifying with "the people" more broadly. [232] However, after the Great Recession of 2007 a number of populist social movements emerged, expressing public frustrations with national and international ...
The Texas Republican Party is in the process of verifying 139,000 petition signatures that would put a "Texit" resolution before March primary voters. Texas Nationalist Movement wants secession ...