Wednesday, April 9, 2008

Populism in late nineteenth century America

I am doing my paper on the impact of Populism in the late nineteenth century as pictured in Caesar's Column.

This link is an interesting look at the Wizard of Oz as a populist parable.

This political cartoon shows how the effects of major economic depressions on the individual laborer.

This political cartoon shows how the banking system was holding down the poor farmers, who had no choice but to revolt in response.

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