Goebel, Thomas,  1964- <br/><br/>
A government by the people :  direct democracy in America, 1890-1940 / 
Thomas Goebel. 
 - Chapel Hill :  University of North Carolina Press,  c2002. 
 - x, 302 p. ;  23 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. [243]-295) and index. 
<br/><br/> Introduction: Building a Government by the People --  From the Revolution to the Populists: The Antimonopoly Tradition in American Politics --  The Emergence of an Issue: Popular Sovereignty and the Rise of the Initiative and Referendum in the 1890s --  Republic or Democracy?: Direct Democracy and American Constitutionalism, 1890-1920 --  The Keystone in the Arch of Popular Government: Direct Democracy in the American West, 1898-1912 --  The Nigger Issue Is Sure to Be Raised: Direct Democracy in the South and North, 1908-1918 --  The Trinity of Democracy: Direct Democracy, Antimonopoly, and the Progressive Movement --  Direct Democracy in Action: The United States up to 1940 --  Inventing Modern Politics: Ballot Propositions, Election Campaigns, and Political Consultants in California, 1920-1940 --  Conclusion: The More Things Change, the More They Stay the Same. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0807826944 (cloth : alk. paper) 0807853615 (pbk. : alk. paper) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Referendum--History.--United States
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>JF494.G64 2002 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>328.273/09/041  / JOE 2002