Earnest endeavors the life and public work of George Rublee

Title:

Author:

McClure, Marc Eric, 1966-

ISBN:

9780313052491

Personal Author:

McClure, Marc Eric, 1966-

Publication Information:

Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 2003.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 303 p.) : ill.

Series:

Contributions in American history, no. 202

Contributions in American history ; no. 202.

Contents:

Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; 1 Introduction; 2 Foundations (1868-1892); 3 "Latent Possibilities" (1892-1908); 4 "Who Is George Rublee?" (1909-1911); An unnumbered photo essay; 5 "Garibaldi's Expedition" (1912); 6 "The Most Assiduous and Persistent and Tireless Lobbyist" (1913-1914); 7 "An Ideal Public Servant" (1914-1916); 8 "A Vision as Mystical and Inspired as That of the Holy Grail" (1917-1919); 9 "A Man of Mystery ... with No Definite Work" (1919-1929); 10 "Dwight Morrow's Colonel House" (1930); 11 The "Detached, Friendly Sage" (1930-1938).

Abstract:

George Rublee (1868-1957), was an eastern establishment lawyer and corporate liberal who made a significant contribution to economic reform legislation on the state and national levels during the progressive era. He was also involved in a number of important international events from 1917 to 1939. Despite his achievements, he has been largely overlooked. In this first biography of Rublee, McClure contends that any understanding of the history of the Federal Trade Commission and of U.S. foreign relations in World War I and the interwar period is incomplete without an understanding of Rublee's e.

Personal Subject:

Rublee, George, 1868-1957.

Corporate Subject:

United States. Federal Trade Commission -- History.

Intergovernmental Committee on Refugees.

Subject Term:

Political consultants -- United States -- Biography.

Lobbyists -- United States -- Biography.

Jews -- Germany -- Migrations -- History -- 20th century.

Jewish refugees -- History -- 20th century.

BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Historical.

HISTORY.