Triumph of Conservatism
1st Edition
Published on 30. June 2008
356 pages
978-1-4391-1872-6 (ISBN)
Description
A radically new interpretation of the Progressive Era which argues that business leaders, and not the reformers, inspired the era's legislation regarding business.
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Gabriel Kolko is Professor of History at York University. He is the author of Politics of War and Roots of American Foreign Policy and the co-author, with Joyce Kolko, of The Limits of Power.
Content
- Cover Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- CONTENTS
- INTRODUCTION
- MONOPOLIES AND MERGERS PREDICTIONS AND PROMISES
- COMPETITION AND DECENTRALIZATION THE FAILURE TO RATIONALIZE INDUSTRY
- THEODORE ROOSEVELT AND THE FOUNDATIONS OF POLITICAL CAPITALISM 1901 1904
- ROOSEVELT AS REFORMER 1904 1906
- ROOSEVELT AND BIG BUSINESS 1906 1908
- THE FAILURE OF FINANCE CAPITALISM 1890 1908
- THE ORDEAL OF WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT 1909 1911
- THE POLITICS OF 1912
- WOODROW WILSON AND THE TRIUMPH OF POLITICAL CAPITALISM BANKING
- THE TRIUMPH OF POLITICAL CAPITALISM THE FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION AND TRUST LEGISLATION
- THE LOST DEMOCRACY
- NOTES
- INDEX
