Religion, politics, and sugar : the Mormon Church, the federal government, and the Utah-Idaho Sugar Company, 1907-1921 / / Matthew C. Godfrey

• Autore: Godfrey Matthew C. <1972->
• Pubblicazione: Logan, Utah, : Utah State University Press, c2007
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (234 p.)
• Disciplina: 338.7/6641230973
• Soggetto topico: Beet sugar industry - United States - History; Sugar trade - Government policy - United States
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 209-219) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Introduction -- The establishment of the sugar industry in Utah and Idaho, 1851-1907 -- Before the Hardwick Committee of the House of Representatives -- National sugar policies and the First World War -- Political and legal troubles in the aftermath of the First World War -- Restraint of trade : Federal Trade Commission v. Utah-Idaho Sugar -- Conclusion.
• Sommario/riassunto: One famous target of Progressive Era attempts to rein in monopolistic big business was the eastern Sugar Trust. Less known is how federal regulators also tried to break monopoly control over beet sugar in the West by going after the Utah-Idaho Sugar Company, a business supported and controlled by the Latter-day Saints church and run by Mormon authorities. As sugar beet agriculture boomed, the Mormon church's involvement led directly to monopolistic practices by Utah-Idaho Sugar and to federal investigations. Church leaders encouraged members, a majority population in much of the intermoun
• Titolo autorizzato: Religion, politics, and sugar
• ISBN: 9780874215489; 087421548X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910146251203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Life Writings Frontier Women