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Dodge, John R. " The Discontent of the Farmer," in Century, xxi. 447-456 

 (January, 1892). A discussion of the complaints of the farmers and the 

 causes of discontent both general and local. Sympathetic but optimistic 

 in tone. 



Dun, Finlay. American Farming and Food. London, 1881. 477 pp. 

 Throws light on agricultural conditions. 



Dunning, W. A. Reconstruction, Political and Economic, 1865-1877. New 

 York, 1907. 378 pp. (American Nation, xxii.) Touches the Granger 

 movement only incidentally, but is useful for the political and economic 

 background. 



Elliot, J. R. American Farms; their Condition and Future. New York, 

 1890. 262 pp. An inquiry into the causes of the lack of prosperity in 

 rural districts and an examination of the proposed remedies. 



Ely, Richard T. The Labor Movement in America. New York, 1886. xvi. 

 399 pp. Treats the Patrons of Husbandry and Sovereigns of Industry 

 incidentally in the chapter on " Cooperation." The Knights of Labor 

 are treated more at length. 



Emerick, C. F. " An Analysis of the Agricultural Discontent in the United 

 States," in Political Science Quarterly, xi. 433-463, 601-639, xii. 93-127 

 (September, December, 1896, March, 1897). A thorough-going and 

 scientific analysis of the agricultural situation in the nineties, throwing 

 light also upon previous conditions. Among the proposed remedies for 

 the ills of the farmers, reform in taxation and thrift are approved. A 

 useful bibliography is appended. 



Fite, Emerson D. Social and Industrial Conditions in the North during the 

 Civil War. New York, 1910. 318 pp. Furnishes a background for 

 the Granger movement. 



Greathouse, Charles H. Historical Sketch of the United States Department 

 of Agriculture. Washington, 1898. 74 pp. (United States Department 

 of Agriculture, Division of Publications, Bulletins, no. 3.) Recognizes 

 the influence of the Grange in securing the creation of the agricultural 

 department. 



Hammond, Matthew B. The Cotton Industry; an Essay in American 

 Economic History. New York, 1897. 382 pp. Throws light on the 

 economic condition of the southern cotton planters during the period. 



Hammond , Matthew B . " The Southern Farmer and the Cotton Question , ' ' 

 in Political Science Quarterly, xii. 450-475 (September, 1897). Deals 

 with the effects of the war, the credit system, and the over-production 

 of cotton upon the southern farmers. 



Hart, Albert B. " The Disposition of our Public Lands," in Quarterly 

 Journal of Economics, i. 176 (January, 1887). Helpful for ah under- 

 standing of the causes of the great agricultural expansion following the 

 Civil War. 



Lloyd, Henry D. Wealth against Commonwealth. New York, 1894. 563 pp. 

 A radical and unsystematic work dealing with monopolies, trusts, rail- 

 road abuses, corruption in politics, etc. 



McPherson, Edward. Political History of the United States during the Period 

 of Reconstruction. 2d ed., Washington, 1875. ^ Handbook of Politics. 



