American Capitalism : Social Thought and Political Economy in the Twentieth Century

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910814624403321
• Autore: Lichtenstein Nelson
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Philadelphia, : University of Pennsylvania Press, Inc., 2007
• ISBN: 1-283-21182-3; 9786613211828; 0-8122-0263-5
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (392 p.)
• Collana: Politics and Culture in Modern America
• Disciplina: 330.1220973
• Soggetti: Capitalism -- United States; Right and left (Political science); United States -- Economic policy; Capitalism - United States; Business & Economics; Economic Theory
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: ""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""
• Sommario/riassunto: "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.