Charles J. Holden, Professor of History at St. Mary’s College of Maryland, is the author of The New Southern University: Academic Freedom and Liberalism at UNC.
Zach Messitte is President of Ripon College and Professor of Politics and Government. He is coeditor of Understanding the Global Community.
Jerald Podair, Professor of History and Robert S. French Professor of American Studies at Lawrence University, is the author of City of Dreams: Dodger Stadium and the Birth of Modern Los Angeles.
--This text refers to the hardcover edition. ""This valuable book illuminates Spiro Agnew’s role in the genesis of the modern Republican Party. The shift of upwardly mobile white ethnic Americans into the GOP, starting in the 1960s, has been crucial to the party's emergence as a conservative populist juggernaut. The authors show expertly how Agnew's career dramatized that shift." "――Sean Wilentz, Princeton University, author of The Politicians and the Egalitarians: The Hidden History of American Politics
"[A] thoughtful, deeply researched and considered analysis of the evolution of the modern Republican Party, and the central role in that transformation played by Vice President Agnew. "―author of Washington Times
"Spiro T. Agnew was a reactionary comet who streaked across the American political firmament. Vice-President to Richard Nixon from 1969 to 1973, when Agnew resigned in disgrace, he is now almost completely unremembered.... Republican Populist recaptures Agnew’s moment and makes the case for his lasting significance. "―author of New York Labor History
"In Republican Populist, a trio of academics―Charles J. Holden, Zach Messitte and Jerald Podair―argue that Agnew warrants scholarly reconsideration, not because they see anything positive in his legacy but because they observes similarities between Agnew’s style and thrust and those of the current president.
Skillfully drawing on Agnew’s archival papers, the authors show that his serrated rhetorical style dated to his earliest political forays. "―author of Wall Street Journal
" Republican Populist traces the emergence of the dramatic shift in America from Goldwater to Trump. It is argued with clarity and a confidence which renders the book significant. As Trump heads out for his next rally, no doubt the spirit of Spiro Agnew will be with him on the dais. "―author of The Spectator
--This text refers to the hardcover edition. Review
"This valuable book illuminates Spiro Agnew’s role in the genesis of the modern Republican Party. The shift of upwardly mobile white ethnic Americans into the GOP, starting in the 1960s, has been crucial to the party's emergence as a conservative populist juggernaut. The authors show expertly how Agnew's career dramatized that shift."
[A] thoughtful, deeply researched and considered analysis of the evolution of the modern Republican Party, and the central role in that transformation played by Vice President Agnew.
Spiro T. Agnew was a reactionary comet who streaked across the American political firmament. Vice-President to Richard Nixon from 1969 to 1973, when Agnew resigned in disgrace, he is now almost completely unremembered.... Republican Populist recaptures Agnew’s moment and makes the case for his lasting significance.
In Republican Populist, a trio of academics—Charles J. Holden, Zach Messitte and Jerald Podair—argue that Agnew warrants scholarly reconsideration, not because they see anything positive in his legacy but because they observes similarities between Agnew’s style and thrust and those of the current president.
Skillfully drawing on Agnew’s archival papers, the authors show that his serrated rhetorical style dated to his earliest political forays.
Republican Populist traces the emergence of the dramatic shift in America from Goldwater to Trump. It is argued with clarity and a confidence which renders the book significant. As Trump heads out for his next rally, no doubt the spirit of Spiro Agnew will be with him on the dais.
--This text refers to the hardcover edition. Review
"This valuable book illuminates Spiro Agnew’s role in the genesis of the modern Republican Party. The shift of upwardly mobile white ethnic Americans into the GOP, starting in the 1960s, has been crucial to the party's emergence as a conservative populist juggernaut. The authors show expertly how Agnew's career dramatized that shift."
(―Sean Wilentz, Princeton University, author of The Politicians and the Egalitarians: The Hidden History of American Politics)
[A] thoughtful, deeply researched and considered analysis of the evolution of the modern Republican Party, and the central role in that transformation played by Vice President Agnew.
(Washington Times) --This text refers to the hardcover edition. 
![Republican Populist: Spiro Agnew and the Origins of Donald Trump’s America by [Charles J. Holden, Zach Messitte, Jerald Podair]](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/41fUDYPU5PL._SY346_.jpg)
