Corporations, Corruption, and the Modern Lobby: A Gilded Age Story of the West and the South in Washington, DC

Arguing that "we cannot fully understand our system of governance or the economic world we have created without understanding how corporations have comandeered the political process in order to compete with each other," Richard White revisits the late nineteenth century railroad wars betwe...

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Main Author:	Richard White
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Emory Center for Digital Scholarship 2009-04-01
Series:	Southern Spaces
Subjects:	Economics Industry and Labor Politics and Government Transportation @Emory
Online Access:	https://southernspaces.org/node/42343

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spelling	doaj-2ff5dfd3cc1d4e2aa56d05eb0d603a602020-11-25T00:15:58ZengEmory Center for Digital ScholarshipSouthern Spaces1551-27542009-04-0110.18737/M72C7MCorporations, Corruption, and the Modern Lobby: A Gilded Age Story of the West and the South in Washington, DCRichard White0Stanford UniversityArguing that "we cannot fully understand our system of governance or the economic world we have created without understanding how corporations have comandeered the political process in order to compete with each other," Richard White revisits the late nineteenth century railroad wars between Tom Scott and Collis P. Huntington. He discusses how these powerful and desperate men created strategies of finance, communication, and politics, as well as "friendship" networks in order to shape beneficial relationships with the federal government—practices that continue in the present.https://southernspaces.org/node/42343EconomicsIndustry and LaborPolitics and GovernmentTransportation@Emory
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title	Corporations, Corruption, and the Modern Lobby: A Gilded Age Story of the West and the South in Washington, DC
title_short	Corporations, Corruption, and the Modern Lobby: A Gilded Age Story of the West and the South in Washington, DC
title_full	Corporations, Corruption, and the Modern Lobby: A Gilded Age Story of the West and the South in Washington, DC
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publisher	Emory Center for Digital Scholarship
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description	Arguing that "we cannot fully understand our system of governance or the economic world we have created without understanding how corporations have comandeered the political process in order to compete with each other," Richard White revisits the late nineteenth century railroad wars between Tom Scott and Collis P. Huntington. He discusses how these powerful and desperate men created strategies of finance, communication, and politics, as well as "friendship" networks in order to shape beneficial relationships with the federal government—practices that continue in the present.
topic	Economics Industry and Labor Politics and Government Transportation @Emory
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Corporations, Corruption, and the Modern Lobby: A Gilded Age Story of the West and the South in Washington, DC

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