"Through the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, employers and powerful individuals deployed a variety of tactics to control ordinary people as they sought to secure power in and out of workplaces. This book suggests that the birth of law and order politics as we know it can be found...

Introduction: Business ideology and class formation -- Business unity in Cincinnati -- Race and class alignments in San Francisco -- Business citizenship in Cincinnati -- Practical corporatism in San Francisco -- From politics to work : good citizens and model employers in Cincinnati -- From...

Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- BUSINESS IDEOLOGY AND CLASS FORMATION -- Part I. SOLIDARITIES -- 1 BUSINESS UNITY IN CINCINNATI -- 2 RACE AND CLASS ALIGNMENTS IN SAN FRANCISCO -- Part II. IDENTITIES -- 3 BUSINESS CITIZENSHIP IN CINCINNATI -- 4 PRACTICAL CORPORATISM IN SAN FRANCISCO -- Part III....