10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «GREENBACKISM»
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1
Historical Dictionary of the Gilded Age
of favoring inflation, in general they sought to stabilize prices. Greenbackism had
several origins: the writings of Edward Kellogg in the late 1840s and the 1850s;
the issuance of legal tender Treasury notes (greenbacks) by the U.S. Treasury to
...
Leonard C. Schlup, James Gilbert Ryan, 2003
2
Workers in America: A Historical Encyclopedia
Greenbackism had its ideological roots in the Jacksonian Era, especially among
shopkeepers, small businesses, and farmers. Numerous advocates of the
Workingmen's movement supported systematic banking and currency reform.
3
History of Labour in the United States
Greenbackism. Popularity of greenbackism among the various elements at the
Labor Congress, 119. A. C. Cameron, 119. Alexander Campbell, 120. The " new
Kelloggism," 121. Greenbackism contrasted with socialism and anarchism, 121.
John Rogers Commons, David Joseph Saposs, Helen Laura Sumner, 1918
4
Instead of a Book by a Man Too Busy to Write One: A ...
This shows how ignorantthese men are of their own principles. Misled bythe
resemblance of the proposed measure to Greenbackism in some
incidentalrespects, theyhurrah themselveshoarse overthe California senator,
blissfully unaware that ...
5
History of the Labor Movement in the United States: Volume ...
9 LABOR PARTIES AND GREENBACKISM The terror which broke the great
strikes of 1877 had taught the workers that living conditions could not be
improved if the armed forces of the government were to be used to crush labor
activity.
Philip Sheldon Foner, 1947
6
Samuel Gompers, Champion of the Toiling Masses
Edward Kellogg, originator of greenbackism, expounded his theories in a book
published in 1848 under the title Labour and Other Capital. He sought to extend
cheap credit by making it possible for those in need of funds to borrow from the ...
Rowland Hill Harvey, 1935
7
Politics and Banking: Ideas, Public Policy, and the Creation ...
Greenbackism — that is, support for government-issued paper money and overt
public control of the size of the money supply — among farmers developed later
than minority business support for soft money. Before the Civil War, to avoid ...
8
The Challenge of Interracial Unionism: Alabama Coal Miners, ...
On the early roots of Greenbackism, see Unger, Greenback Era, 94-97; Sharkey,
Money, Class, and Party, 188-91; Goodwyn, Populist Moment, 9, 13-14. 2.
Kleppner, "The Greenback and Prohibition Parties," 1549-66, 1599-1601, 1609-
11; ...
9
For All the People: Uncovering the Hidden History of ...
GREENBACKISM. Throughout the 19th century, employers organized their own
associations to buttress the capitalist system and fight the workers. They saw the
threat of the NLU and NCLU, and moved in combination to destroy the workers' ...
John Curl, Ishmael Reed, 2012
10
History of American Labor
Many white laborers were tuming toward Greenbackism as a solution of their
problems; their program was a condemnation of the Republican party. Negroes
on the other hand were primarily concerned with opportunities to secure equal ...
