*SIGNED BY AUTHOR AND DATED* with presentation, "To Carolyn with the admiration of her friend, Fred Harris. Dated, 7/13/71 Jacket has 1/8"tear to front bottom edge. Book fore-edges have spots. From the cover, "HARRIS BELIEVES THERE IS A PROGRESSIVE MAJORITY IN AMERICA. HE CALLS IT A NEW POPULIST COALITION, HE THINKS THAT ITS PRINCIPAL INSTRUMENT OF POLITICAL ACTION CAN BE A TRULY DEMOCARATIZED DEMOCRATIC PARTY AND HE BELIEVES THAT THIS NEW PEOPLE'S PARTY CAN HELP ENACT A VISIONARY AGENDA FOR AMERICA: BETTER DISTRIBUTION OF INCOME; JUSTICE FOR BLACK PEOPLE, CHICANOS, AMERICAN INDIANS, WOMEN-AND FOR WHITE WORKERS WHO PAY AN UNFAIR SHARE OF SOCIAL COSTS; PEACE, AND A REVERSAL OF MILITARISTIC TRENDS..."