Business History Review

Table of Contents - 1970 - Volume 44, Issue 03  

Research Article

Businessmen and the Regulation of Railroads and Public Utilities in California During the Progressive Era

Mansel Griffiths Blackforda1

a1 Doctoral Candidate in History, University of California, Berkeley

Abstract

Historians of the Progressive Era have recently focused much attention on the role played by businessmen in the reform legislation of that period. Mr. Blackford's study considers this topic in the case of a significant portion of the California business community.