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DESCRIPTION:Charles Holden will discuss his book\, Republican Populist\, as
  part of the Pratt Maryland Department’s Let’s Talk About Maryland aut
 hor series. \n\n \n\nTypically a maligned figure in American political his
 tory\, former vice president Spiro T. Agnew is often overlooked. Although 
 he is largely remembered for his alliterative speeches\, attacks on the me
 dia and East Coast intellectuals\, and his resignation from office in 1973
  in the wake of tax evasion charges\, Agnew had a significant impact on th
 e modern Republican Party that is underappreciated. It is impossible\, in 
 fact\, to understand the current internal struggles of the Republican Part
 y without understanding this populist "everyman" and prototypical middle-c
 lass striver who was one of the first proponents of what would become the 
 ideology of Donald Trump’s GOP.\n\n \n\nRepublican Populist examines Agn
 ew’s efforts to make the Republican Party representative of the "silent 
 majority." Under the tutelage of a group of talented speechwriters assigne
 d to Agnew by President Richard Nixon including Pat Buchanan and William S
 afire\, Agnew crafted the populist-tinged\, anti-establishment rhetoric th
 at helped turn the Republican Party into a powerful national electoral for
 ce that has come to define American politics into the current era.\n\n \n\
 nA fascinating political portrait of Agnew from his pre–vice presidentia
 l career through his scandal-driven fall from office and beyond\, this boo
 k is a revelatory examination of Agnew’s role as one of the founding fat
 hers of the modern Republican Party and of the link between Agnew’s "peo
 ple’s party" and the fraught party of populists and businessmen today.\n
 \n \n\nAbout the Author: \n\nCharles Holden\, professor of History at St. 
 Mary’s College of Maryland\, is the author of The New Southern Universit
 y: Academic Freedom and Liberalism at UNC.\n\n \n\n \n\nAbout the Program:
  \n\nTo attend in person please register here. Doors will open to register
 ed attendees at 6 pm. A local bookseller will be on-site and have books av
 ailable for purchase.Free parking vouchers are available to program attend
 ees who park at the Franklin Street Garage (15 W. Franklin Street) after 4
 pm.  Ask Pratt event staff for your parking voucher prior to or after the 
 program. This free event will be presented in-person and virtually.   This
  is a seated event with spaces reserved for individuals with accessibility
  needs. ASL interpretation will also be available for attendees throughout
  the event. If you need additional accommodations to successfully particip
 ate\, please let us know at events@prattlibrary.org or 443-768-0762.
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LOCATION:Central Library\, Poe Reading Room 
SUMMARY:Charles Holden: "Republican Populist" 
URL;VALUE=URI:https://calendar.prattlibrary.org/event/charles-holden-republ
 ican-populist
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