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American Capitalism : Social Thought and Political Economy in the Twentieth Century
De Gruyter University of Pennsylvania Press eBook Package Backlist 2000-2013 Available online
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- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lichtenstein, Nelson.
- Series:
- Politics and Culture in Modern America
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Capitalism--United States.
- Right and left (Political science).
- United States--Economic policy.
- Capitalism.
- Local Subjects:
- Capitalism--United States.
- Right and left (Political science).
- United States--Economic policy.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (392 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, Inc., 2007.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- "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.
- Contents:
- ""Cover""; ""Title Page""; ""Copyight Page""; ""Table of Contents ""; ""Introduction: Social Theory and Capitalist Reality in the American Century ""; ""Part I: Theorizing Twentieth-Century American Capitalism ""; ""Chapter 1. The Postcapitalist Vision in Twentieth-Century American Social Thought ""; ""Chapter 2. To Moscow and Baclz: American Socinl Scientists and the Concept of Convergence ""; ""Part II: Liberalism and Its Social Agenda ""; ""Chapter 3. Clark Kerr: From the Industrial to the Knowledg Eeconomy ""
- ""Chapter 4. John Kenneth Galbraith: Liberalism and the Politics of Cultural Critique """"Chapter 5. The Prophet of Post-Fordism: Peter Druclzer and the Legitimation of the Corporation ""; ""Part III: A Critique from the Left ""; ""Chapter 6. C. Wright Mills and American Social Science ""; ""Chapter 7. C. L. R. Jnmes and the Theor! of Stnte Capitalism ""; ""Chapter 8. Oliver C. Cox and the Roots of World Systems Theory ""; ""Chapter 9. Feminism, Women's History, and American Social Thoughtnt at Midcentury ""; ""Part IV: The Rise of the Right ""
- ""Chapter 10. The Rond Less Traveled: Reconsidering the Political Writings of Friedrich von Hayek """"Chapter 11. The Politics of Rich and Rich: Postwar Investigntions of Foundntions and the Rise of the Philnnthropic Right ""; ""Chapter 12. American Counterrevolutionary: Lerrluel Rickettr Boulware and Genera1 Electric, 1930-1960 ""; ""Chapter 13. Godless Capitalism: Ayn Rand and the Conservative Movement ""; ""Notes""; ""Contributors""; ""Index""; ""Acknowledgments""
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- ISBN:
- 1-283-21182-3
- 9786613211828
- 0-8122-0263-5
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