So this guy's just published a book about how the big four, who built the transcontinental railroad, were a bunch of unethical bums. And, as Michael Kazin (who's Alfred Kazin's son) points out in his review of the book, "White seems to take particular pleasure in belittling the image of the man who founded the well-endowed university that currently employs him." Well it's a good thing that Professor White has tenure. Back in the days before scholars had job security, he'd have likely been fired for telling the truth. Jane Stanford would have turfed him out in no time, the same way she did in the case of Professor Edward A. Ross.
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