Author

Publication

2020 - Scribe, Melbourne, Vic, Victoria

Language

English

Word Count

76,750 words, Guess

Page Count

307 pages

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Classifications

  • DDC320.56/62
  • LCCJC423 .F73 2020

Description

An eye-opening account of populism, the most important - and misunderstood - movement of our time. Everything we think we know about populism is wrong. Today, populism is seen as a frightening thing, a term pundits use to describe the racist philosophy of Donald Trump and European extremists. But this is a mistake. The real story of populism is an account of enlightenment and liberation; it is the story of democracy itself, of its ever-widening promise of a decent life for all. Taking us from the tumultuous 1890s, when the radical left-wing US Populist Party fought plutocrats, to the triumphs of reformers under Roosevelt and Truman, Frank reminds us how much we owe to the populist ethos.

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