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Roots of Reform: Farmers, Workers, and the American State, 1877-1917 (American Politics and Political Economy Series)
Elizabeth Sanders
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Description for Roots of Reform: Farmers, Workers, and the American State, 1877-1917 (American Politics and Political Economy Series)
Paperback. Offers a revision of the understanding of the rise of the American regulatory state in the late 19th century. The book argues that politically mobilized farmers were the driving force behind most of the legislation that increased national control over private economic power. Series: American Politics & Political Economy S. Num Pages: 528 pages, 3 maps, 64 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLL; JPA; JPH; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 151 x 28. Weight in Grams: 716.
Offers a revision of the understanding of the rise of the regulatory state in the late 19th century. Elizabeth Sanders argues that politically mobilized farmers were the driving force behind most of the legislation that increased national control over private economic power. She demonstrates that farmers from the south, midwest and west reached out to the urban labourers who shared their class position and their principal antagonist - northeastern monopolistic industrial and financial capital - despite weak electoral support from organized labour. Based on evidence from legislative records and other sources, Sanders shows that this tenuous alliance of "producers versus ... Read more
Offers a revision of the understanding of the rise of the regulatory state in the late 19th century. Elizabeth Sanders argues that politically mobilized farmers were the driving force behind most of the legislation that increased national control over private economic power. She demonstrates that farmers from the south, midwest and west reached out to the urban labourers who shared their class position and their principal antagonist - northeastern monopolistic industrial and financial capital - despite weak electoral support from organized labour. Based on evidence from legislative records and other sources, Sanders shows that this tenuous alliance of "producers versus ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
University of Chicago Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Series
American Politics & Political Economy S.
Condition
New
Weight
809g
Number of Pages
542
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780226734774
SKU
V9780226734774
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