American Business, Politics, and Society

Books in the series American Business, Politics, and Society explore the relationships over time between politics, society, and the creation and performance of markets, firms, and industries large and small. The central theme of this series is that culture, law, and public policy have been fundamental to the evolution of American business from the colonial era to the present. The series aims to explore, in particular, developments that have enduring consequences.

Series Editors:
Andrew Wender Cohen
Professor of History, Syracuse University

Shane Hamilton
Reader in Strategy, Management and Society
University of York

Kim Phillips-Fein
Robert Gardiner-Kenneth T. Jackson Professor of History
Columbia University

Elizabeth Tandy Shermer
Professor of History
Loyola University Chicago

Staff Editorial Contact:
Robert Lockhart, Senior Editor
rlockhar@upenn.edu