| The Incorporation of America: Culture and Society in the Gilded Age Anniversary Edition Contributor(s): Trachtenberg, Alan (Author) |
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ISBN: 0809058286 ISBN-13: 9780809058280 Publisher: Farrar, Strauss & Giroux-3pl OUR PRICE: $21.60 Product Type: Paperback Published: January 2007 Annotation: A classic examination of the roots of corporate culture, newly revised and updated for the twenty first century Alan Trachtenberg presents a balanced analysis of the expansion of capitalist power in the last third of the nineteenth century and the cultural changes it brought in its wake. In America's westward expansion, labor unrest, newly powerful cities, and newly mechanized industries, the ideals and ideas by which Americans lived were reshaped, and American society became more structured, with an entrenched middle class and a powerful business elite. Here, in an updated edition which includes a new introduction and a revised bibliographical essay, is a brilliant, essential work on the origins of America's corporate culture and the formation of the American social fabric after the Civil War. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - 19th Century - Business & Economics | Economic History - History | Social History |
| Dewey: 973.8 |
| LCCN: 2006046733 |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 5.5" W x 8.2" (0.60 lbs) 304 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1851-1899 - Chronological Period - 19th Century |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: A classic examination of the roots of corporate culture, newly revised and updated for the twenty first century Alan Trachtenberg presents a balanced analysis of the expansion of capitalist power in the last third of the nineteenth century and the cultural changes it brought in its wake. In America's westward expansion, labor unrest, newly powerful cities, and newly mechanized industries, the ideals and ideas by which Americans lived were reshaped, and American society became more structured, with an entrenched middle class and a powerful business elite. Here, in an updated edition which includes a new introduction and a revised bibliographical essay, is a brilliant, essential work on the origins of America's corporate culture and the formation of the American social fabric after the Civil War. |
Contributor Bio(s): Trachtenberg, Alan: - Alan Trachtenberg is the Neil Gray, Jr. Professor Emeritus of English and American studies at Yale University, where he taught for thirty-five years. His books include Shades of Hiawatha and Lincoln's Smile and Other Enigmas. |