Screen LibraryAmerican capitalism : social thought and political economy in the twentieth century /
"American Capitalism is an important contribution to our understanding of postwar American thought and culture. It will force historians to revise their pantheon of important thinkers for the period." George Cotkin, author of Existential America.
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University of Pennsylvania Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Philadelphia, Pa. : |
| Publication Dates: |
[2006] ©2006 |
| Literature type: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Politics and culture in modern america
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"American Capitalism is an important contribution to our understanding of postwar American thought and culture. It will force historians to revise their pantheon of important thinkers for the period." George Cotkin, author of Existential America. |
| Carrier Form: | 1 online resource (392 pages) : illustrations. |
| Bibliography: | 1 illus. |
| ISBN: | 9780812202632 |
| Index Number: | HB501 |
| CLC: | F03 |
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction: Social Theory and Capitalist Reality in the American Century / 1. The Postcapitalist Vision in Twentieth-Century American Social Thought / 2. To Moscow and Back: American Social Scientists and the Concept of Convergence / 3. Clark Kerr: From the Industrial to the Knowledge Economy / 4. John Kenneth Galbraith: Liberalism and the Politics of Cultural Critique / 5. The Prophet of Post-Fordism: Peter Drucker and the Legitimation of the Corporation / 6. C. Wright Mills and American Social Science / 7. C. L. R. James and the Theory of State Capitalism / 8. Oliver C. Cox and the Roots of World Systems Theory / 9. Feminism, Women's History, and American Social Thought at Midcentury / 10. The Road Less Traveled: Reconsidering the Political Writings of Friedrich von Hayek / 11. The Politics of Rich and Rich: Postwar Investigations of Foundations and the Rise of the Philanthropic Right / 12. American Counterrevolutionary: Lemuel Ricketts Boulware and General Electric, 1950-1960 / 13. Godless Capitalism: Ayn Rand and the Conservative Movement / Notes -- Contributors -- Index -- Acknowledgments. |