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Born In Louisville, Kentucky, Four Years Before The Start Of The Civil War, Brandeis Came Of Age In A Simple, Rural America Undergoing Vast Transition Into An Industrial Powerhouse. The Transition Spawned A Myriad Of Social Problems And Inequities, For Which He Blamed Big Business As Well As The Constant Erosion Of Older Jeffersonian Values He Knew And Cherished. But He Was Never A Romanticist Who Wanted To Turn Back The Clock. During The Early Days Of His Highly Successful Legal Career, Brandeis Recognized That The Worst Abuses Of The Emerging Industrial System Might Be Remedied By Practical Reformers Who Translated Their Idealism Into Specific, Workable Laws And Programs That The Average Citizen Could Understand. Progressive Reform Became His Life's Work.^ From Defending The Public Interest In Boston Utility Cases And Investigating Fraudulent Insurance Practices, Brandeis Rose Rapidly On The National Scene To Become Head Of The Powerful American Zionist Movement After He Rediscovered His Jewish Identity While Arbitrating The Passionate And Historic New York Garment Workers' Strike. While A Zionist Leader, He Was Instrumental In The Attempt To Reestablish A Jewish Homeland In Pale

Author

Oscar Handlin

Publisher

LITTLE,BROWN AND COMPANY·BOSTON·TORONTO

Published

1981

Language

EN

ISBN

9780316887885

Subjects

Law