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| Argersinger, Peter H.
"Regulating Democracy: Election Laws and Dakota Politics,
1889-1902." Midwestern Review. 5 (1983): 1-19. Older and more
democratic system gave way to new, making it more difficult to organize a
new party, to secure representation, to vote independently or express
political dissatisfaction other than dropping out.
Bird,
J.W. "North Dakota
Republicans and the 'Revolt' of the Farmers, 1889" M.A. thesis,
University of North Dakota, 1973.
Boyle, James E. "The
Alliance Hail Association of North Dakota." (North Dakota University)
Quarterly Journal. 1:45-53. October 1910.
North Dakota history 1887-1910.
Brudvig, Glenn L. "The
Farmers' Alliance and Populist Movement in North Dakota,
1884‑1896." M.A. thesis, U of North Dakota, 1956. 225 pp.
Excellent research and synthesis.
Fossum, Paul R. The Agrarian
Movement in North Dakota. 183 p. Johns Hopkins University Studies in
Historical and Political Science, Series XLIII, No. 1. Baltimore: Johns
Hopkins P, 1925.
Gallagher, Terrance B. "The
Election of 1892 in North Dakota." M.A. thesis, U of North Dakota,
1970.
Klimpel, Roger Morton.
"Analysis of the Election of 1896 in North Dakota." M.A. thesis,
U of North Dakota, 1971.
Lalim, Cathryne Christine.
"The Response of the Red River Valley Norwegian-American Newspapers
to Populism in the 1890's." M.A. thesis, U of North Dakota, 1971. 104
pp.
Lamar, Howard R. Dakota
Territory, 1861-1899: A Study of Frontier Politics. 304 p. New Haven,
Yale UP, 1956. Strong on
Farmers' Alliance.
Moum, Kathleen. "The Social
Origins of the Nonpartisan League." North Dakota History 1986
53(2): 18-22. The North
Dakota Nonpartisan League had its roots in the Populist movement.
It was strongest in the north-central and northwestern parts of the
state where immigrant farmers, particularly Norwegian Americans,
dominated.
Nielsen, Kim E. "'We All
Leaguers By Our House': Women, Suffrage, and Red-Baiting in the National
Nonpartisan League." Journal of Women's History 1994 6(1):
31-50. The National
Nonpartisan League, a populistic farmers' organization in North Dakota and
Minnesota between 1915 and 1922, attracted accusations of socialism,
disloyalty, and sexual immorality. Its women were often involved in public
protests and organizing activities, pushing the gender boundaries they
simultaneously used for their own protection. Remele, Larry. "'God Helps Those Who Help Themselves': The Farmers' Alliance and Dakota Statehood." Montana 1987 37(4): 22-33. The Dakota Farmers Alliance promoted insurgent political traditions and progressive ideas. Alliancemen elected farmer supporters to the 1889 territorial legislature and constitutional convention. The Alliance influenced the South Dakota Convention to write a progressive constitution, but was less successful in North Dakota. America: History and Life, 26:3246
Rothlisberger, Orland A.
"The Populist National Convention in Sioux Falls." South
Dakota History 1971 1(2): 155-165.
Securing the Populist National Convention for Sioux Falls in 1900
was the climax of the party's influence in South Dakota.
The small attendance was the result of internal tensions within the
party. Rysavy, Don. D. W. "Hines and the Farmers' Railroad: A Case Study in Populist Business Enterprise, 1894-1898." North Dakota Quarterly 1979 47(4): 20-34. Populists supported state construction of a railroad as an alternative to the exorbitant rates of the Great Northern and Northern Pacific railroads. America: History and Life, 18A:3055
Talbot,
Ross B. "The Politics of Farm Organizations in North Dakota."
Thorson, Playford V. "Ole
Ellingson: A North Dakota Radical Populist." North Dakota
Quarterly 1981 49(4): 39-51.
Biography of a self-described "radical Populist" and
prohibitionist who objected to corporate control of railroads, the
telegraph, and national banks.
Tweton, Jerome D. "North
Dakota in the 1890's: Its People, Politics, and Press." North
Dakota History. 24:113-18. April 1957.
_____. "Considering Why
Populism Succeeded in South Dakota and Failed in North Dakota." South
Dakota History 1992 22(Wint): 330-344.
Leadership played a key role in the successful experience of
Populism in South Dakota and its failure in North Dakota.
South Dakota Populists maintained their Populist principles,
rejecting fusion, unlike their North Dakota counterparts.
Weed, Brian Jason. "Populist
Thought in North and South Dakota, 1890‑1900." M.A. thesis, U
of North Dakota, 1970. |