The triumph of conservatism : a re-interpretation of American history, 1900-1916

A radically new interpretation of the Progressive Era which argues that business leaders, and __not__ the reformers, inspired the era-s legislation regarding business. NOT MERELY PRESENT-DAY HISTORIANS but also contemporary observers of the growth of big business were virtually unanimous in believing that the concentration of economic power and the growth of "monopoly" and the "trust" was an inevitable result of the modern capitalist and industrial process.