The Long March of Coxey's Army

Wesley R. Bishop is an associate professor of public and American history at Jacksonville State University.

Introduction: Coxey's Army of 1894 Creating the Commonweal Organization of the Book Part One: Coxey's Army of 1894 Chapter One: 1893, and Planning the March Introduction Coxey and Browne Meet in Chicago Planning in Massillon, Ohio Greenbackism and the Commonweal Conclusion Chapter Two: 1894, the March, and the Strike Introduction Press Coverage of Coxey's Army Federal and Local Government Response to the March Conclusion Chapter Three: 1896, Money, and the Populist Split Introduction Differing Monetary Policies in the People's Party Henry Demarest Lloyd and Theorizing the Commonweal The 1896 Republican, Democratic, and People's Party Conventions Conclusion Part Two: Path of Protest from Populist to the New Deal Chapter Four: American Populism and Envisioning the People Introduction Coxey and Browne Part Ways Coxeyism and Electoral Politics The Commonweal, Colonialism, and Anti-Semitism Conclusion Chapter Five: The Populist Protest and the Public Sphere Introduction Writers Discuss Coxeyism Mother Jones and the Commonweal The Bonus Army Cox's Army Jacob Coxey, Mayor of Massillon, Ohio Conclusion Chapter Six: Populist Politics and the New Deal Introduction The Nonpartisan League From the NPL to the Union Party and American Commonwealth Political Federation Conclusion Conclusion: Coxey's Army in History Conclusion