The Perils of Prosperity 1914-1932
Author: William Edward Leuchtenburg
Beginning with Woodrow Wilson and U.S. entry into World War I and closing with the Great Depression, The Perils of Prosperity traces the transformation of America from an
agrarian, moralistic, isolationist nation into a liberal, industrialized power involved in foreign affairs in spite of itself.
William E. Leuchtenburg's lively yet balanced account of this hotly debated era in American history has been a standard text for many years. This substantial revision gives greater
weight to the roles of women and minorities in the great changes of the era and adds new insights into literature, the arts, and technology in daily life. He has also updated the
lists of important dates and resources for further reading.
“This book gives us a rare opportunity to enjoy the matured interpretation of an American Historian who has returned to the story and seen how recent decades have added meaning and vividness to this epoch of our history.& #8221;—Daniel J. Boorstin, from the Preface
Table of Contents:
Editor's Foreword to the Second Edition | ||
Editor's Foreword to the First Edition | ||
Prologue | 1 | |
1 | Armageddon | 11 |
2 | Innocents Abroad | 30 |
3 | The Fourteenth Point | 49 |
4 | Red Scare | 66 |
5 | The Politics of Normalcy | 84 |
6 | The Reluctant Giant | 104 |
7 | Tired Radicals | 120 |
8 | A Botched Civilization | 141 |
9 | The Revolution in Morals | 157 |
10 | The Second Industrial Revolution | 178 |
11 | Political Fundamentalism | 203 |
12 | The Sidewalks of New York | 225 |
13 | Smashup | 241 |
Epilogue | 265 | |
Important Dates | 271 | |
Suggested Reading | 275 | |
Acknowledgments | 297 | |
Index | 299 |
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The New Industrial State
Author: John Kenneth Galbraith
With searing wit and incisive commentary, John Kenneth Galbraith redefined America's perception of itself in The New Industrial State, one of his landmark works. The United States is no longer a free-enterprise society, Galbraith argues, but a structured state controlled by the largest companies. Advertising is the means by which these companies manage demand and create consumer "need" where none previously existed. Multinational corporations are the continuation of this power system on an international level. The goal of these companies is not the betterment of society, but immortality through an uninterrupted stream of earnings.
First published in 1967, The New Industrial State continues to resonate today.
Table of Contents:
General Editor's Introduction ixForeword James K. Galbraith xi
Acknowledgments xxv
Introduction to the Fourth Edition xxvii
Change and the Planning System 1
The Imperatives of Technology 13
The Nature of Industrial Planning 25
Planning and the Supply of Capital 42
Capital and Power 56
The Technostructure 73
The Corporation 89
The Entrepreneur and the Technostructure 108
A Digression on the Firm under Socialism 123
The Approved Contradiction 138
The General Theory of Motivation & nbsp; 162
Motivation in Perspective 176
Motivation and the Technostructure 186
The Principle of Consistency 199
The Goals of the Planning System 207
Prices in the Planning System 223
Prices in the Planning System (Continued) 235
The Management of Specific Demand 245
The Revised Sequence 263
The Regulation of Aggregate Demand 273
The Nature of Employment and Unemployment 289
The Control of the Wage-Price Spiral 305
The Planning System and the Union I 322
The Planning System and the Union II 337
The Educational and Scientific Estate   ; 347
The Planning System and the State I 365
The Planning System and the State II 377
A Further Summary 390
The Planning System and the Arms Race 398
The Further Dimensions 419
The Planning Lacunae 432
Of Toil 443
Education and Emancipation 452
The Political Lead 462
The Future of the Planning System 473
An Addendum on Economic Method and the Nature of Social Argument 489
Index 503
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