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William Goebel : the politics of wrath / James C. Klotter.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Publication details: Lexington : The University Press of Kentucky, (c)2015.Description: 1 online resource (148 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780813148175
Subject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • F456 .W555 2015
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Contents:
Subject: The turbulent career of William Goebel (1856--1900), which culminated in assassination, marked an end-of-the-century struggle for political control of Kentucky. Although populism had become a strong force in the nation, the Louisville and Nashville Railroad and ex-Confederates still dominated the state and its Democratic party. Touting reforms and attaching the railroad monopoly, Goebel challenged this old order. A Yankee in a state that fancied itself southern, Goebel had to depend on a strong organization to win votes. As ""The Kenton King"" he created a new style of politics. To some he was.
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Online Book (LOGIN USING YOUR MY CIU LOGIN AND PASSWORD) Online Book (LOGIN USING YOUR MY CIU LOGIN AND PASSWORD) G. Allen Fleece Library ONLINE Non-fiction F456 .64 K57 2015 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Link to resource Available ocn900344750

Includes bibliographies and index.

Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; 1 ""Look upon Opposition as Opportunity""; 2 Rebels, Reactionaries, and Reformers; 3 Goebel and the Governors; 4 ""Division and Discord""; 5 ""There Is Going to Be a Hot Fight""; 6 ""I Ask No Quarter and I Fear No Foe""; 7 ""Force Will Be Met with Force""; 8 ""Loyal to the Great Common People""; 9 The Search for the Assassin; 10 ""He Is Goebel, That Is All""; Bibliographical Note.

The turbulent career of William Goebel (1856--1900), which culminated in assassination, marked an end-of-the-century struggle for political control of Kentucky. Although populism had become a strong force in the nation, the Louisville and Nashville Railroad and ex-Confederates still dominated the state and its Democratic party. Touting reforms and attaching the railroad monopoly, Goebel challenged this old order. A Yankee in a state that fancied itself southern, Goebel had to depend on a strong organization to win votes. As ""The Kenton King"" he created a new style of politics. To some he was.

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