| Description |
xiv, 322 pages ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
1931 -- Life, death, and learning in the cities -- Toward a new economy, 1890 to 1930 -- State crafting, American style -- Confronting the world -- Winners and losers, 1890 to 1930 -- New deal experiments -- Fighting on God's side -- The new aristocracy. 1946 to 1969 -- The suburban conquest of the 1960s -- Empire in the American century -- The tattered empire of the 1970s -- The cracked core -- The American solution, 1981 to 2001 -- Conservatism: rhetoric and realities, 1981 to 2001 -- The hegemony trap -- The American dream, 1981 to 2001 -- The creative society in danger. |
| Summary |
"The Creative Society is the first history to look at modern America through the eyes of its emerging ranks of professional experts, including lawyers, scientists, doctors, administrators, business managers, teachers, policy specialists, and urban planners. Covering the period from the 1890s to the early twenty-first century, Louis Galambos examines the history that shaped professionals and, in turn, their role in shaping modern America. He considers the roles of education, anti-Semitism, racism, and elitism in shaping and defining the professional cadre and examines how matters of gender, race, and ethnicity determined whether women, African Americans, and immigrants from Europe, Asia, Latin America, and the Middle East were admitted to the professional ranks. He also discusses the role professionals played in urbanizing the United States, keeping the economy efficient and innovative, showing the government how to provide the people a greater measure of security and equity, and guiding the world's leading industrial power in coping with its complex, frequently dangerous foreign relations"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Subject |
Creative ability in business -- United States -- History.
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Professional employees -- United States -- History.
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HISTORY -- United States -- 20th Century.
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Creative ability in business. (OCoLC)fst00882438
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Professional employees. (OCoLC)fst01078481
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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Kreativität. (DE-588)4032903-3
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Gesellschaft. (DE-588)4020588-5
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United States. (DE-588)4078704-7
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| Genre/Form |
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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| ISBN |
9781107013179 (hardback) |
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1107013178 (hardback) |
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9781107600997 (paperback) |
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1107600995 (paperback) |
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