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Definition of Greenbackism
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Greenbackism
Literary usage of Greenbackism
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Principles of Banking: A Series of Selected Materials by Harold Glenn Moulton (1916)
"It may be observed that the inflationist advocates were not confined to either
of the great parties nor to any section. As a direct party issue greenbackism ..."
2. Principles of Money and Banking: A Series of Selected Materials, with by Harold Glenn Moulton (1916)
"As a direct party issue greenbackism proved to be a weaker movement than did the
non-partisan measure of 1873-74. The temporary relief of more prosperous ..."
3. History of Labour in the United States by John Rogers Commons, Don Divance Lescohier, Elizabeth Brandeis (1918)
"greenbackism as a remedy ag:iin.st depressions, 122. 14 Declaration of Principles,"
122. The depression, 1806-1868, 123. Progress of co-operation, 124. ..."
4. A History of Trade Unionism in the United States by Selig Perlman (1922)
"On its face greenbackism was a program of currency reform and derived its name
from the ... "greenbackism" was the American counterpart of the contemporary ..."
5. A Documentary History of American Industrial Society by American Bureau of Industrial Research, Carnegie Institution of Washington, Eugene Allen Gilmore, John Rogers Commons, Helen Laura Sumner (1910)
"greenbackism Of all the drastic doctrines and revolutionary movements thrown up
by the sixties and seventies the most puzzling and American was ..."
6. Third Party Movements Since the Civil War, with a Special Reference to Iowa by Frederick Emory Haynes, State Historical Society of Iowa (1916)
"217 "The originator of greenbackism was Edward Kellogg, a merchant of New York.
... Although more fanciful than its European contemporaries, greenbackism ..."
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