US Populist party is organised at St. Louis

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The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 3.2.2: American (US) Writing and Culture: The Nineteenth Century, 1783-1900.
Vol. editors: J. Michael Duvall (College of Charleston), Emory Elliott (University of California, Riverside), Stephen E. Meats (Pittsburg State University), Tony Papanikolas (San Jose State University)

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Political Parties

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Date of occurrence 1892-02-22

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United States (Location)

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The US Populist party is established by an alliance of poor southern white farmers and their counterparts in the Plains state such as Kansas and Nebraska, as an anti-elitist party hostile to railroads, national banks and recent deflation in the value of agricultural goods.

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Citation: Editors, Litencyc. "US Populist party is organised at St. Louis". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 30 December 2011 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/stopics.php?rec=true&UID=19071, accessed 19 April 2024.]

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