The Industrialists: How the National Association of Manufacturers Shaped American Capitalism
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The Industrialists: How the National Association of Manufacturers Shaped American Capitalism
By (Author) Jennifer A. Delton
Princeton University Press
Princeton University Press
1st November 2022
United States
Classifications
Tertiary Education
Non Fiction
Labour / income economics
Economic history
Social and cultural history
History of specific companies / corporate history
338.476706073
Physical Properties
Paperback
392
Width 156mm, Height 235mm
Description
The first complete history of US industry's most influential and controversial lobbyist Founded in 1895, the National Association of Manufacturers-NAM-helped make manufacturing the basis of the US economy and a major source of jobs in the twentieth century. The Industrialists traces the history of the advocacy group from its origins to today, ex
Reviews
"The accomplished historian Jennifer Delton has written an extremely important book on one of the United States leading business organizations, the National Association of Manufacturers . . . . [A] meticulously researched study." * Business History Review *
Author Bio
Jennifer A. Delton is professor of history at Skidmore College. She is the author of Rethinking the 1950s: How Anticommunism and the Cold War Made America Liberal; Racial Integration in Corporate America, 19401990; and Making Minnesota Liberal: Civil Rights and the Transformation of the Democratic Party.
