As corporate juggernauts like Amazon have gained unprecedented power and control over the US economy, there are increasing calls from (mostly) anti-establishment politicians such as Bernie Sanders and journalists for the government to step in.
It didn’t always used to be that way. A century ago it was the heart of the DC establishment leading the way. On multiple occasions, the Feds forcefully intervened to break up several of the country’s largest and most well known companies that it deemed to be using anti-competitive trade practices, among them Delaware’s Dupont Company.
To shed light on the landmark 1911 Anti-Trust ruling against Dupont we welcome as our February speaker, Suzie Dickson, a WHS regular and adjunct history professor at Neuman University.
Nathan Field is a Wilmington native who recently returned to his hometown after a decade in the Middle East, and DC. A history major at UD, and co-founder of the WHS, he hopes to generate renewed civic interest in Wilmington's future through promoting greater understanding of the key issues in the city's history
