Religion, politics, and sugar : the Mormon Church, the federal government, and the Utah-Idaho Sugar Company, 1907-1921

Religion, politics, and sugar the Mormon Church, the federal government, and the Utah-Idaho Sugar Company, 1907-1921

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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 th...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Godfrey, Matthew C. (-)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Logan, Utah : Utah State University Press c2007.
Edición:1st ed
Colección:Life Writings Frontier Women
Materias:
Utah-Idaho Sugar Company.
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints > Finance.
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints > Political activity.
Beet sugar industry > United States > History.
Sugar trade > Government policy > United States.
Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009432629806719
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Sumario: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
Notas:Description based upon print version of record.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (234 p.)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (p. 209-219) and index.
ISBN:9780874215489

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