A Government by the People: Direct Democracy in America, 1890-1940

A Government by the People: Direct Democracy in America, 1890-1940 by Thomas Goebel was published by The University of North Carolina Press on January 17, 2007.

Contents

Acknowledgments
Introduction: Building a Government by the People

1. From the Revolution to the Populists: The Antimonopoly Tradition in American Politics
2. The Emergence of an Issue: Popular Sovereignty and the Rise of the Initiative and Referendum in the 1890s
3. Republic or Democracy?: Direct Democracy and American Constitutionalism, 1890-1920
4. The Keystone in the Arch of Popular Government: Direct Democracy in the American West, 1898-1912
5. The Nigger Issue is Sure to Be Raised: Direct Democracy in the South and North, 1908-1918
6. The Trinity of Democracy: Direct Democracy, Antimonopoly, and the Progressive Movement
7. Direct Democracy in Action: The United States up to 1940
8. 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
Notes
Bibliography
Index

See also

• List of books about direct democracy

External links

• The University of North Carolina Press listing
• Amazon listing
• Google Books listing