When the senatorial election of 2008 between Democrat Al Franken
and Republican Norm Coleman stretched on for a contentious six
months, people throughout the country wondered about Minnesota's
offbeat politics. But Minnesota has been and is now a seedbed for
cultural and political movements that have changed the country, and
its history weaves a pattern of wide opposition between left and
right.
In this broad and readable narrative, eminent Minnesota
historian Rhoda R . Gilman covers the major protest movements of
the last 150 years: the abolitionist Republican party, Grangers,
antimonopolists, Populists, strikers, progressives, suffragists,
Communists, Farmer-Laborites, communes and co-ops, abortion
politics, and more. She profiles charismatic and quirky leaders
like Ignatius Donnelly, Floyd B. Olson, and Paul Wellstone. Each
movement, each personality, is part of the context for the
others.
Stand Up tells a story of people repeatedly challenging the
status quo. It is a narrative of people against power, of conflict
and defeat, but also of change and tenacity. In a forceful and
inspirational conclusion, Gilman discusses the events that she
herself has helped to shape and shares her vision of the
future.
Rhoda R. Gilman is the author of Henry Hastings Sibley: Divided
Heart and The Story of Minnesota's Past. She is a founding member
of Women Historians of the Midwest and a former candidate for
lieutenant governor of Minnesota on the Green Party ticket.
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