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Earnest Endeavors The Life and Public Work of George Rublee
Marc Eric McClure
Book Code: GM2409
ISBN: 0-313-32409-3
ISBN-13: 978-0-313-32409-3
336 pages, photos, cartoon
Praeger Publishers
Publication: 12/30/2003
List Price: $86.95 (UK Sterling Price: £49.95)
Availability: In Stock
Media Type: Hardcover
Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4
Subjects:
Series Title: Contributions in American History
Series Number: 202
Reviews:
  • With serene confidence, McClure takes his readers through a daunting deluge of details relevant to the story of both man and nation.
    —The Journal of American History     December 2006
Description: 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 experiences. Rublee's influence on domestic policy includes his role as advisor to New Hampshire governor Robert Bass, his influence in the development of Theodore Roosevelt's 1912 New Nationalism platform, and his conversion of Woodrow Wilson to a Bull Moose approach to antitrust with the creation of the FTC in 1914. His contribution to international relations ranges from his participation on the almost forgotten Allied Maritime Transport Council; to his success in bringing the US into a consultative pact with Great Britain and France at the 1930 London Naval Conference, to his courageous role as director of the controversial Intergovernmental Committee, created at the 1938 Evian Conference to deal with the German Jewish refugee crisis.
Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgments
  • Abbreviations
  • Introduction
  • Foundations (1868-1892)
  • "Latent Possibilities" (1892-1908)
  • "Who Is George Rublee?" (1909-1911)
  • "Garibaldi's Expedition" (1912)
  • "The Most Assiduous and Persistent and Tireless Lobbyist" (1913-1914)
  • "An Ideal Public Servant" (1914-1916)
  • "A Vision as Mystical and Inspired as That of the Holy Grail" (1917-1919)
  • "A Man of Mystery...with No Definite Work" (1919-1929)
  • "Dwight Morrow's Colonel House" (1930)
  • The "Detached, Friendly Sage" (1930-1938)
  • The "Gaunt Prophet" (1938-1939)
  • Conclusion (1940-1957)
  • Selected Bibliography
  • Index
LC Card Number: 2003051750
LCC Class: E748
Dewey Class: 973
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