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Genre/Form: | Electronic books History |
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Additional Physical Format: | Print version: Waterhouse, Benjamin C., 1978- Lobbying America. Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [2014] (DLC) 2013018172 (OCoLC)841515651 |
Material Type: | Document, Internet resource |
Document Type: | Internet Resource, Computer File |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Benjamin C Waterhouse |
ISBN: | 9781400848171 1400848172 069114916X 9780691149165 |
OCLC Number: | 926045058 |
Description: | 1 online resource (1 volume) : illustrations. |
Contents: | American business, American politics -- From consensus to a crisis of confidence -- A new life for old lobbies -- The birth of the business roundtable -- Business, labor, and the politics of inflation -- The producer versus the consumer -- Uncertain victory: big business and the politics of regulatory reform -- A tale of two tax cuts -- Every man his own lobbyist -- American politics, American business. |
Series Title: | Politics and society in twentieth-century America. |
Other Titles: | Politics of business from Nixon to NAFTA |
Responsibility: | Benjamin C. Waterhouse. |
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"Waterhouse's Lobbying America is an intricate, well-woven history of the efforts by business to influence U.S. politics. Waterhouse tells the story of how the business community came to lobby with an increasingly unified voice against a background of societal change, shifting cultural values, and an increasingly global economy... Immediately of interest to political scientists and historians, this engaging history of business, politics, and societal change will find a wider audience among readers interested in national politics."--Choice "Lobbying America is a deeply researched, persuasively argued study that makes important contributions to our understanding of the relationship of business and politics."--Elizabeth Fones-Wolf, Journal of American History "The era explored by Waterhouse is rich with complex details. Managing such complexity is a monumental task. Ultimately, Waterhouse succeeds in convincing the reader that corporate lobbyists working on 'small details and short-term benefits' supplanted lobbyists focused on 'big-ticket ideological issues.'"--Scott H. Ainsworth, Economic History Review "[Waterhouses's] focus on business lobbying is perceptive and elegantly written and Waterhouse has made an important contribution to the literature on business and politics in the twentieth century."--Gregory L. Schneider, American Historical Review Read more...


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