The Roots of Southern Populism: Yeoman Farmers and the Transformation of the Georgia Upcountry, 1850-1890

The Roots of Southern Populism: Yeoman Farmers and the Transformation of the Georgia Upcountry, 1850-1890

In this fresh examination of the rise of agrarian radicalism in the late 19th-century South, Hahn focuses on social change and popular consciousness while exploring populism's kinship with other movements such as labor radicalism. "Hahn's use of primary and secondary sources is extraordinary. He mixes rich quotations with clear writing."-- The Journal of American History "Hahn's study is impressively argued and richly documented. Its intensive and skillful use of local sources gives it a substantial and authoritative quality that disarms criticism."-- The New York Review of Books "Indispensable reading for all students of southern history and the history of American dissent."--David Brion Davis, Yale University "A landmark book....Hahn has pioneered part of a long-neglected subject of nineteenth-century America."-- Journal of Social History "Engagingly written, provocative."-- American Historical Review^ Steven Hahn is at University of California, San Diego.