num_pages: 528
description: Altho Thomas E. Watson championed the rising Populist movement at the turn of the 19th century--an interracial alliance of agricultural interests fighting the forces of industrial capitalism--his eventual frustration with politics transformed him from liberalism to racial bigotry, from popular spokesman to mob leader. Pulitzer Prize winning scholar C. Vann Woodward clearly &amp; objectively traces the history of this enigmatic Populist leader.
language: English
title: Tom Watson: Agrarian Rebel
titlecomplete: Tom Watson: Agrarian Rebel (Galaxy Book)
characters: Thomas E. Watson
genres: History, American History, Politics, Biography, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 72
publisher: Oxford University Press (NY)