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A Righteous CauseRobert W. Cherny

A Righteous Cause

Robert W. Cherny
1984225 pages
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Three times the Democratic Party’s nominee for president (1896, 1900, and 1908) and secretary of state under Woodrow Wilson, William Jennings Bryan voiced the concerns of many Americans left out of the post–Civil War economic growth. In A Righteous Cause: The Life of Williams Jennings Bryan, Robert W. Cherny presents Bryan’s key role in the Democratic Party’s transformation from the conservatism of Grover Cleveland to the progressivism of Woodrow Wilson. Cherny draws on Bryan’s writings and correspondence to trace his major political crusades for a new currency policy, prohibition, and…

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5 editions
  • Hardcover · English · 1994
    University of Oklahoma Press · 225 pages · 9780806126678
  • Hardcover · English · 1985
    Little Brown & Co · 9780316138543
  • Paperback · English · 1984
    Little Brown & Co (T) · 225 pages · 9780673393289
  • Other · English · 1994
    Righteous Cause
    University of Oklahoma Press · 9780585119069
  • Other · English · 1985
    Little, Brown · 225 pages · 9780316138567
Politics and governmentBiographyStatesmenStaatsliedenBryan, william jennings, 1860-1925Biografie