There’s No Place Like Home

War Matters ◽  
2018 ◽  
pp. 176-197
Keyword(s):  
Plain Folk

The plain folk of Alabama who supported the Confederacy used household objects to craft a new identity. To express that identity, they made military uniforms and supplied foodstuffs for soldiers. But the war’s deprivations undermined the household and made many non-elite whites lose faith in the Confederacy.

Plain Folk: The Life Stories of Undistinguished Americans

1985 ◽  
Vol 16 ◽  
pp. 364
Author(s):  
David M. Katzman ◽  
William M. Tuttle,
Keyword(s):  
Life Stories ◽  
Plain Folk

Outside Lobbying: Public Opinion and Interest Group Strategies. By Ken Kollman. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1998. 215p. $55.00 cloth, $19.95 paper.

2001 ◽  
Vol 95 (2) ◽  
pp. 476-478
Author(s):  
Gary McKissick
Keyword(s):  
Public Opinion ◽  
Interest Group ◽  
The Public ◽  
Princeton University ◽  
To Come ◽  
Plain Folk ◽  
Playing Fields ◽  
Interest Group Strategies

In an age when commercials bombard us with plain folk (from central casting) ruminating about the latest proposal in Congress and when "astroturf" more often refers to syn- thetically manufactured grassroots activity than to stadium playing fields, evidence that groups frequently "go public" is easy to come by. Nevertheless, these efforts to reach and use the public have received little systematic attention from political scientists. Ken Kollman aims to fill this substantial gap in interest group scholarship. Outside Lobbying is an impressive effort, one that should invigorate further inquiry into this important aspect of interest group advocacy.

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