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Brick Howard |
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Titolo |
Transcending Capitalism : Visions of a New Society in Modern American Thought / / Howard Brick |
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Ithaca, NY : , : Cornell University Press, , [2016] |
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©2015 |
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ISBN |
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0-8014-5428-X |
0-8014-5429-8 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (336 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Social change - United States - History - 20th century |
Capitalism - United States - History - 20th century |
Economics - United States - History - 20th century |
Sociology - United States - History - 20th century |
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United States Economic conditions 20th century |
United States Social conditions 20th century |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 275-312) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: To Name a New Society in the Making -- 1. Capitalism and Its Future on the Eve of World War I -- 2. The American Theory of Organized Capitalism -- 3. The Interwar Critique of Competitive Individualism -- 4. Talcott Parsons and the Evanescence of Capitalism -- 5. The Displacement of Economy in an Age of Plenty -- 6. The Heyday of Dynamic Sociology -- 7. The Great Reversal -- Conclusion: On Transitional Developments beyond Capitalism -- Notes -- Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Transcending Capitalism explains why many influential midcentury American social theorists came to believe it was no longer meaningful to describe modern Western society as "capitalist," but instead preferred alternative terms such as "postcapitalist," "postindustrial," or "technological." Considering the discussion today of capitalism and its global triumph, it is important to understand why a prior generation of |
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