Illiberal reformers : race, eugenics, and American economics in the Progressive era / Thomas C. Leonard.

Author: Leonard, Thomas C., 1960- author.

Imprint:Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2016]

Descriptionxiv, 250 pages ; 25 cm

Note:Includes index.

Note:Acknowledgments -- Prologue -- Part I The Progressive Ascendancy -- 1 Redeeming American Economic Life -- 2 Turning Illiberal -- 3 Becoming Experts -- 4 Efficiency in Business and Public Administration -- Part II The Progressive Paradox -- 5 Valuing Labor: What Should Labor Get? -- 6 Darwinism in Economic Reform -- 7 Eugenics and Race in Economic Reform -- 8 Excluding the Unemployable -- 9 Excluding Immigrants and the Unproductive -- 10 Excluding Women -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Index.

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