American capitalism : social thought and political economy in the twentieth century / edited by Nelson Lichtenstein. - vi, 377 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm. - Politics and culture in modern America . - Politics and culture in modern America. .

Includes bibliographical references (pages 291-360) and index.

Introduction : social theory and capitalist reality in the American century -- The postcapitalist vision in twentieth-century American social thought / To Moscow and back : American social scientists and the concept of convergence / Clark Kerr : from the industrial to the knowledge economy / John Kenneth Galbraith : liberalism and the politics of cultural critique / The prophet of post-Fordism : Peter Drucker and the legitimation of the corporation / C. Wright Mills and American social science / C. L. R. James and the theory of state capitalism / Oliver C. Cox and the roots of world systems theory / Feminism, women's history, and American social thought at midcentury / The road less traveled : reconsidering the political writings of Friedrich von Hayek / The politics of rich and rich : postwar investigations of foundations and the rise of the philanthropic right / American counterrevolutionary : Lemuel Ricketts Boulware and General Electric, 1950-1960 / Godless capitalism : Ayn Rand and the conservative movement / Howard Brick -- David C. Engerman -- Paddy Riley -- Kevin Mattson -- Nils Gilman -- Daniel Geary -- Christopher Phelps -- Christopher A. McAuley -- Daniel Horowitz -- Juliet Williams -- Alice O'Connor -- Kimberly Phillips-Fein -- Jennifer Burns. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13.

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Capitalism--United States
Right and left (Political science)


United States--Economic policy

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