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Author:

Waterhouse, Benjamin C., 1978-

Title:

Lobbying America : the politics of business from Nixon to NAFTA / Benjamin C. Waterhouse.

Publisher:

Princeton University Press,

Copyright Date:

2014

Description:

xi, 345 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.

Subject:

Lobbying--United States--History--20th century.
Pressure groups--United States--History--20th century.
Political action committees--United States--History--20th century.
Corporations--History--United States--History--20th century.
Business and politics--United States--History--20th century.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 311-324) and index.

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:

Politics and society in twentieth-century America

ISBN:

069114916X (hardcover : acid-free paper)
9780691149165 (hardcover : acid-free paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)841515651

LCCN:

2013018172

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

OIAX792 -- Grinnell College (Grinnell)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)