@tanehisicoates Grant lived in period where there was really no sense (in USA) of civil service jobs based on merit.
@YAppelbaum @tanehisicoates Fair to say Greeley-style Republicans have done nearly as much harm to Grant's reputation as Denning School?
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@HeerJeet@tanehisicoates Interesting question. Perhaps. Might be better to say that Grant suffered from a broad elite backlash against...Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@HeerJeet@tanehisicoates ...popular democracy and mass political participation, which found expression both Greeley and Dunning. -
@YAppelbaum@tanehisicoates Right. What's sad is late 19th century reaction against democracy has long governed historical interpretation.
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