"Founded in 1895, the National Association of Manufacturers--NAM--helped make manufacturing the basis of the US economy and a major source of jobs in the twentieth century. The Industrialists traces the history of the advocacy group from its origins to today, examining its role in shaping modern...

"Men of talents" : the tariff of 1816 -- "More than a mere manufacturing question" : the Baldwin bill of 1820 & the tariff of 1824 -- "An engine of party purposes" : the Woollens bill of 1827 & the tariff of 1828 -- "Calculate the value of the union" : the tariffs of 1832 & 1833 -- "Trembling...

Critical mass -- Economics lesson for economists and others -- The political economy of world power -- America at home -- America abroad -- New Deal at home and abroad -- USSR : another political economy -- Nazi Germany : the enabler -- Reluctant empire -- Disorder and early sorrow : the sixties...