| Description |
1 online resource (505 p.) |
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Cover -- Antimonopoly and American Democracy -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Contributors -- PART I: THE LONG HISTORY OF ANTIMONOPOLY AND AMERICAN DEMOCRACY -- 1. Introduction: Democracy and the American Antimonopoly Tradition -- 2. Reframing the Monopoly Question: Commerce, Land, Industry -- 3. From Antimonopoly to Antitrust -- PART II: RETHINKING THE PROGRESSIVE ANDNEW DEAL ANTIMONOPOLY TRADITIONS -- 4. Antimonopoly and State Regulation of Corporations in the Gilded Age and Progressive Era -- 5. American Antimonopoly and the Rise of Regulated Industries Law |
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6. Banking and the Antimonopoly Tradition: The Long Road to the Bank Holding Company Act -- PART III: REMAKING ANTIMONOPOLYIN A NEW GLOBAL AGE -- 7. De-Nazifying by De-Cartelizing: The Legacy of the American Decartelization Project in Germany -- 8. Jurisdiction beyond Our Borders: United States v. Alcoa and the Extraterritorial Reach of American Antitrust, 1909-1945 -- 9. From Market Power to State Capture: The Fateful Shift in Postwar Antimonopoly -- PART IV: ANTIMONOPOLY AND AMERICAN DEMOCRACY: SELECT CASE STUDIES -- 10. Antitrust and the Corporate Tax, 1909-1928 |
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11. Beyond the Labor Exemption: Labor's Antimonopoly Vision and the Fight for Greater Democracy -- 12. Anti-Monopoly in the Media Industries: A History -- Index |
| Summary |
Antimonopoly and American Democracy traces the history of antimonopoly politics in the United States, arguing that organized action against concentrated economic power comprises an important American democratic tradition. From the pre-revolutionary era to the age of Big Tech, the volume explores the effects that historical monopolies have had on democracy by using their wealth and influence to dominate electoral politics and regulation. Chapters also highlight a range of sites of economic concentration, from land ownership to media reach, and attempts at combating them, from labor organizing t |
| Notes |
Description based upon print version of record |
| Subject |
Monopolies -- United States -- History
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Democracy -- United States -- History
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Democracy
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Monopolies
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United States
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Novak, William J
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| ISBN |
9780197744697 |
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0197744699 |
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