Taking the election of November 8, 1892 as the people’s verdict on their rulers, Davenport sets out to explain the anger behind it. He argues that great fortunes, monopolies and inherited wealth have created a caste system in the republic, quoting magnates such as William H. Vanderbilt of “the public be damned” fame, and he asks how a democracy can undo it.
A fiery Populist-era tract for readers interested in the Gilded Age and the roots of American inequality debates. Download the free EPUB.