Prophets of Regulation: ,

by Thomas K. McCraw

Book Overview

"There is properly no history, only biography," Emerson remarked, and in this ingenious book Thomas McGraw unfolds the history of four powerful men: Charles Francis Adams, Louis D. Brandeis, James M. Landis, and Alfred E. Kahn. The absorbing stories he tells make this a book that will appeal across a wide spectrum of academic disciplines and to all readers interested in history, biography, and Americana.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674716078
• ISBN13: 9780674716070
• Release Date: September 1984
• Publisher: Belknap Press
• Length: 416 Pages
• Weight: 1.81 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Fascinating

The book chronicles tidy snapshots of the lives and careers of 4 different men whose influence in corporate regulation remains unrivaled. I particularly enjoyed the chapter on Brandeis. It is terribly unfortunate to contemporary American society that a man like Justice Louis Brandeis is not still alive and a sitting judge with the Supremes. Brandeis's intellect and legacy puts the 9 slugs currently sitting on the bench to shame.