TY - BOOK AU - Lamoreaux,Naomi R. AU - Novak,William J. TI - Corporations and American Democracy SN - 9780674972285 AV - KF1384 .C67 2017 U1 - 346.73/066609 23 PY - 2017///] CY - Cambridge, MA : PB - Harvard University Press, KW - Corporation law KW - United States KW - History KW - HISTORY / United States / General KW - bisacsh N1 - Frontmatter --; Contents --; Preface --; Corporations and American Democracy: An Introduction --; 1. Early American Corporations and the State --; 2. Corporations and Organizations in the United States aft er 1840 --; 3. The Dissociation of Incorporation and Regulation in the Progressive Era and the New Deal --; 4. The Public Utility Idea and the Origins of Modern Business Regulation --; 5. Corporate Taxation and the Regulation of Early Twentieth- Century American Business --; 6. From Fiscal Triangle to Passing Th rough: Rise of the Nonprofit Corporation --; 7. The Supreme Court's View of Corporate Rights: Two Centuries of Evolution and Controversy --; 8 Corporations and the Fourteenth Amendment --; 9. Two Cheers for Vertical Integration: Corporate Governance in a World of Global Supply Chains --; 10. Citizens United, Personhood, and the Corporation in Politics --; Notes --; Acknowledgments --; Contributors --; Index; restricted access; Issued also in print N2 - Recent Supreme Court decisions in Citizens United and other high-profile cases have sparked disagreement about the role of corporations in American democracy. Bringing together scholars of history, law, and political science, Corporations and American Democracy provides essential grounding for today's policy debates UR - https://doi.org/10.4159/9780674977686 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780674977686 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/cover/covers/9780674977686.jpg ER -