McKinley, Bryan and the People

A study of the crucial election of 1896 that became a conflict between two great national myths-the yeoman farmer and the self-made man of success. "Well written and balanced in its judgments...[and] touching upon one of the central problems of the 20th century, the 'problem of advancing and applying democratic principles in a period when social, economic, and technological changes were more rapid and far-reaching than ever before.'"-Journal of American History.