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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Benjamin C. WaterhousePublisher: Princeton University Press Imprint: Princeton University Press Volume: 118 Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 3.30cm , Length: 23.50cm Weight: 0.624kg ISBN: 9780691149165ISBN 10: 069114916 Pages: 368 Publication Date: 24 November 2013 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Tertiary & Higher Education , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Temporarily unavailable  The supplier advises that this item is temporarily unavailable. It will be ordered for you and placed on backorder. Once it does come back in stock, we will ship it out to you. Language: English Table of ContentsReviews[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 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 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 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 quintessentially traverses the yays and the nays of what makes America economically tick. --David Marx Reviews Lobbying America quintessentially traverses the yays and the nays of what makes America economically tick. --David Marx Reviews 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 Lobbying America quintessentially traverses the yays and the nays of what makes America economically tick. --David Marx Reviews 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 Author InformationBenjamin C. Waterhouse is associate professor of history at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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