Hagley Museum and Library announced that Dr. Benjamin Waterhouse will speak on “Lobbying: The Business of Politics and the Politics of Business in America,” on Thursday, November 20.
Waterhouse will describe changes in how lobbyists—particularly corporate lobbyists—got their way (and sometimes didn’t) in Washington, D.C., in the mid and late 20th century. The talk begins at 7 p.m. Admission is free. Reservations are requested; call (302) 658-2400, ext. 243, or email clockman@hagley.org.
The lecture will be held in the Soda House auditorium.
This Hagley Author Talk is based upon Waterhouse’s recently published book, Lobbying America: The Politics of Business from Nixon to NAFTA (Princeton University Press, 2014). Lobbying America explores the role that large, national business associations—and their lobbyists—played in shaping economic policy and conservative politics.
between the 1960s and the 1990s. For his book, Dr. Waterhouse accessed the following collections at Hagley Library: Conference Board Papers, Charles B. McCoy Papers, National Association of Manufacturers Archives, Philip Reed Papers, and United States Chamber of Commerce Archives.
