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Book Review


Fred Harris: His Journey from Liberalism to Populism. By Richard Lowitt. (Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield, 2002. xvi, 285 pp. $39.95, ISBN 0-7425-2162-1.)

Many American political leaders, liberal and conservative, grasp the title of populist in an effort to secure an identity that provides them recognition and credibility as defenders of the public interest. In his study of Sen. Fred Harris, Democrat from Oklahoma, Richard Lowitt examines the career and influence of a man who is largely overlooked in the turbulent era of the 1960s and early 1970s but who contributed to the populist political legacy. Harris's meteoric rise in the Senate quickly faded with his unsuccessful presidential bids in 1972 and 1976. His New Populism campaign failed, yet his public contributions illustrated the changing face of American politics and society in this era. . . .
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