The first complete history of US industry's most influential and
controversial lobbyist 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 capitalism,
while also highlighting the many tensions and contradictions within
the organization that sometimes hampered its mission. In this
compelling book, Jennifer Delton argues that NAM-an organization
best known for fighting unions, promoting "free enterprise," and
defending corporate interests-was also surprisingly progressive.
She shows how it encouraged companies to adopt innovations such as
safety standards, workers' comp, and affirmative action, and worked
with the US government and international organizations to promote
the free exchange of goods and services across national borders.
While NAM's modernizing and globalizing activities helped to make
American industry the most profitable and productive in the world
by midcentury, they also eventually led to deindustrialization,
plant closings, and the decline of manufacturing jobs. Taking
readers from the Progressive Era and the New Deal to the Reagan
Revolution and the Trump presidency, The Industrialists is the
story of a powerful organization that fought US manufacturing's
political battles, created its economic infrastructure, and
expanded its global markets-only to contribute to the widespread
collapse of US manufacturing by the close of the twentieth century.
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