Principle vs. Pragmatism: Henry Loucks and South Dakota Populism 1884-1890
| atmire.migration.oldid | 3206 | |
| dc.contributor.advisor | Jameson, Elizabeth | |
| dc.contributor.author | Varsanyi, Andrew | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2015-05-07T17:28:28Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2015-06-22T07:00:52Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2015-05-07 | |
| dc.date.submitted | 2015 | en |
| dc.description.abstract | The People’s Party of the United States was the most successful third party in American history. The formation of that party was linked to that of local Farmers’ Alliances in a number of states. One such organization, the South Dakota Farmers’ Alliance, was founded and led by a Canadian immigrant named Henry Langford Loucks. Although historians have noted the influence of Americans like Henry Wise Wood on Canadian agrarian movements, few have considered Canadian influence south of the border. This study uses Loucks’ speeches and newspaper writings as well as secondary sources, to examine the politicization of Loucks and the Dakota Alliance. Dakota populists faced many of the same pitfalls and the same fate as the People’s Party nationally, for many of the same reasons. Trapped between pragmatism and principles, the group split and was eventually coopted by another political party. Loucks, who chose principle over pragmatism, lost political power. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.citation | Varsanyi, A. (2015). Principle vs. Pragmatism: Henry Loucks and South Dakota Populism 1884-1890 (Master's thesis, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada). Retrieved from https://prism.ucalgary.ca. doi:10.11575/PRISM/27432 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.doi | http://dx.doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/27432 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11023/2249 | |
| dc.language.iso | eng | |
| dc.publisher.faculty | Graduate Studies | |
| dc.publisher.institution | University of Calgary | en |
| dc.publisher.place | Calgary | en |
| dc.rights | University of Calgary graduate students retain copyright ownership and moral rights for their thesis. You may use this material in any way that is permitted by the Copyright Act or through licensing that has been assigned to the document. For uses that are not allowable under copyright legislation or licensing, you are required to seek permission. | |
| dc.subject | History--United States | |
| dc.subject.classification | South Dakota | en_US |
| dc.subject.classification | Loucks | en_US |
| dc.subject.classification | Populism | en_US |
| dc.title | Principle vs. Pragmatism: Henry Loucks and South Dakota Populism 1884-1890 | |
| dc.type | master thesis | |
| thesis.degree.discipline | History | |
| thesis.degree.grantor | University of Calgary | |
| thesis.degree.name | Master of Arts (MA) | |
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