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WHO IS WAGGING WHOM? POWER AND THE NEW HISTORY OF AMERICAN POPULISM

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 August 2014

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ELIZABETH TANDY SHERMER*
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Loyola University Chicago
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Department of History, Loyola University Chicago, Chicago IL, 60640, USAeshermer@luc.edu
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The Historical Journal , Volume 57 , Issue 3 , September 2014 , pp. 869 - 897
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