Triumph of ConservatismA 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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Contents
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| 11 | |
The Failure to Rationalize Industry | 26 |
THREE Theodore Roosevelt and the Foundations | 57 |
FOUR Roosevelt As Reformer 19041906 | 79 |
SEVEN The Ordeal of William Howard Taft 19091911 | 159 |
EIGHT The Politics of 1912 | 190 |
NINE Woodrow Wilson and the Triumph | 217 |
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| Title | Triumph of Conservatism |
| Author | Gabriel Kolko |
| Publisher | Simon and Schuster, 2008 |
| ISBN | 1439118728, 9781439118726 |
| Length | 356 pages |
| Subjects | › Political Science / General |
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