The Civil War's Last Campaign: James B. Weaver, the Greenback-Labor Party & the Politics of Race & Section [Hardcover]

Mark A. Lause (Author)

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ISBN-10: 0761819177 | ISBN-13: 978-0761819172 | Publication Date: March 14, 2001

The Civil War's Last Campaign is a narrative history of General James B. Weaver's 1880 Presidential campaign as the Greenback-Labor party candidate. In the course of its narrative of the campaign, this study describes a complex coalition with interdependent conservative, radical and pragmatic currents essential to a mass insurgency. This account of his active campaigning offers a new look at America's society, values and politics in the postwar Gilded Age.

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With The Civil War's Last Campaign, Mark Lause has filled an important and long standing void related to work on James B. Weaver and the greenback-Labor Party (GLP).>>>> (Thomas S. Mach Journal Of The Gilded Age And Progressive Era )

Anyone interested in third parties in general and late-nineteenth-century reform politics in particular should read [Lause's] book carefully.>>>> (Gerald Friedman The Journal Of American History )

Anyone interested in third parties in general and late-nineteenth-century reform politics in particular should read [Lause's] book carefully. (Gerald Friedman The Journal Of American History )

With The Civil War's Last Campaign, Mark Lause has filled an important and long standing void related to work on James B. Weaver and the greenback-Labor Party (GLP). (Thomas S. Mach Journal Of The Gilded Age And Progressive Era )

About the Author

Mark A. Lause is Assistant Professor of History at the University of Cincinnati.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 256 pages
• Publisher: University Press Of America (March 14, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0761819177
• ISBN-13: 978-0761819172
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.5 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,562,636 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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Mark A. Lause (1950- ) was born to a family of trade unionists at Washington, Missouri, and grew up interested in labor and in history. The political unrest of the 1960s deepened these concerns. Graduating from the University of Missouri-St. Louis, he took advanced degrees at Chicago from Roosevelt University and the University of Illinois. After teaching at various institutions, he is currently a full professor of history at the University of Cincinnati.

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This review is from: The Civil War's Last Campaign: James B. Weaver, the Greenback-Labor Party & the Politics of Race & Section (Hardcover)

"A sympathetic biographer, Lause wishes we had more politicans like James Weaver and more movements like the Greenback-Labor party of 1880. Many readers will share his enthusaiasm. Anyone interested in third parties in general and late-nineteenth-century reform politics in particular should read his book carefully."