Transcending Capitalism : Visions of a New Society in Modern American Thought.
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- computer
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- 9780801454295
- Sociology -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- Economics -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- Capitalism -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- Social change -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- United States -- Social conditions -- 20th century
- United States -- Economic conditions -- 20th century
- 306.3/4209730904
- HM477
TRANSCENDING CAPITALISM -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: To Name a New Society in the Making -- 1. Capitalism and Its Future on the Eve of World War I -- 2. The American Theory of Organized Capitalism -- 3. The Interwar Critique of Competitive Individualism -- 4. Talcott Parsons and the Evanescence of Capitalism -- 5. The Displacement of Economy in an Age of Plenty -- 6. The Heyday of Dynamic Sociology -- 7. The Great Reversal -- Conclusion: On Transitional Developments beyond Capitalism -- Notes -- Index.
Understanding why a generation of social theorists imagined the future of advanced societies would not be defined by capitalism but rather as being postcapitalist or postindustrial.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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