The collection includes both refereed articles and review essays. The articles highlight research on the role of western economic advisors in China before the Communist Revolution (Paul Trescott), John Ryan on minimum wage legislation, a symposium on Clement Juglar, and a comparison of recent...

Introduction -- Randolph County -- Oberlin -- Hopkins -- Wesleyan-Oberlin -- Indiana -- Syracuse -- Exile -- The National Civic Federation -- Wisconsin labor history -- Multitasking -- The Wisconsin idea -- The Commission on Industrial Relations -- Shattered illusions -- The dominant class --...