nov 13, 1898 - Hicks vs. Hofstadter

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-Hicks believed Populist party were honorable and left legacy that flourished in progressive era + New Deal; his viewpoint dominant; reacted rationally + progressively to economic misfortune

-Hofstadter stated that progressive historians romanticized Populists and that they were fighting not only against big business/money power but against urbanism, immigrants, East, and modernization itself

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