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Programme9h-9h30: Welcome and introduction (Nicolas Barreyre, Universit&#233; Paris Ouest Nanterre) 9h30-11h: Session 1: Collusion Between Business and Politics: Representations and Reactions        Erhan Simsek (Universit&#228;t Heidelberg): Surviving in the Worlds of Business and Politics: Theodore Dreiser&#8217;s The Financier.            Nicolas Bourguinat (Universit&#233; de Strasbourg): Big Business and Politics in the New World: The View of Old-World Socialists.&#160;    11h-11h30: Break&#160;11h30-13h: Session 2: Beyond Lobbying: Information, Culture and Politics        Dominique Pinsolle (Universit&#233; Bordeaux 3): A French Daily Backed by American Interests: Le Matin, 1884-1890.            Micha&#235;l Vottero (Institut National du Patrimoine): To Collect and Conquer: American Collections in the Gilded Age.&#160;    13h-14h30: Lunch&#160;14h30-16h: Session 3: Business and the Creation of Modern Liberalism        Paul Kens (Texas State University-San Marcos): The United States Supreme Court and Business Elites: Gilded Age Origins of Modern American Liberalism.            Scott R. Nelson (College of William &#38; Mary): Liberal Apocalypse: The Panic of 1873 and its Four Horsemen.&#160;    16h-16h30: Break&#160;16h30-18h: Session 4: Business in Local Political Networks        Yves Figueiredo (Universit&#233; Paris IV Sorbonne): Golden State and Gilded Age. Californian Capitalism in the Sierra Nevada.            &#201;velyne Payen-Vari&#233;ras (Universit&#233; Paris 3 Sorbonne Nouvelle): Localism and the Strategies of Gilded-Age Entrepreneurs.&#160;    18h-18h30: Conclusion