People's Party (United States)

For other political parties with this name, see People's Party (disambiguation).

The People's Party, also known as the Populist Party or the Populists, was an agrarian-populist political party in the United States from 1891 until 1908. For a few years, 1892–96, it played a major role as a left-wing force in American politics. Although most of the party merged into the Democratic Party in 1896, a small faction survived until 1908.

Bibliography

• Clanton, Gene. Populism: The Humane Preference in America, 1890-1900 (1991).
• Hicks, John D. The Populist Revolt: A History of the Farmers' Alliance and the People's Party (1931). Stresses geographical environment that turned harsh and radicalized wheat farmers
• Goodwyn, Lawrence. The Populist Moment: A Short History of the Agrarian Revolt in America (1978) online edition
• Hackney, Sheldon, ed. Populism: The Critical Issues (1971), excerpts from scholars
• McMath, Robert C., Jr. American Populism: A Social History, 1877-1898. (1993). 245 pp. short survey excerpt and text search
• Miller, Worth Robert. "A Centennial Historiography of American Populism." Kansas History 1993 16(1): 54-69. Issn: 0149-9114 online edition
• Miller, Worth Robert. "Farmers and Third-Party Politics in Late Nineteenth Century America," in Charles W. Calhoun, ed. The Gilded Age: Essays on the Origins of Modern America (1995) online edition