Private Associations, Internal Regulation and Progressivism: The Chicago Board of Trade, 1880-1923, as a Case Study

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Journal Article Private Associations, Internal Regulation and Progressivism: The Chicago Board of Trade, 1880–1923, as a Case Study Get access Jonathan Lurie Jonathan Lurie *History Department, Newark College of Rutgers University. I wish to express my gratitude to the American Bar Foundation and the American Philosophical Society for generous financial support. I am grateful also to Elliot Rosen, Roger Wyman, Morton Keller, Morton Horwitz and Glenn Porter for perceptive criticism. Finally, I acknowledge the kindness and interest of the Chicago Board of Trade, in particular its president Henry H. Wilson and executive vice president Warren W. Lebeck. A shorter version of this article was presented at the 1971 annual meeting of the American Society for Legal History in Boston, October 23, 1971. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar American Journal of Legal History, Volume 16, Issue 3, July 1972, Pages 215–238, https://doi.org/10.2307/844824 Published: 01 July 1972