{"product_id":"corporate-dreams-big-business-in-american-democracy-from-the-great-depression-to-the-great-recession-9780813551302","title":"Corporate Dreams Big Business in American","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"In this expansive, engaging, and learned history of the ever-changing set of ideas and ideologies which have legitimated corporate power and profit in America, James Hoopes explores the presumptions, popular as well as academic, that have for so long sustained managerial authority and corporate prestige. Because Hoopes is a thoughtful ethicist, as well as an accomplished historian of business enterprise, his book has the kind of moral weight and political urgency that commend it to a very wide readership indeed.\" -- Nelson Lichtenstein * MacArthur Foundation Chair in History, University of California, Santa Barbara *\u003cbr\u003e\"Hoopes throws his hat into the ring of books on the evils of corporate America. Hoopes seeks to resurrect in Americans a 'moderate anticorporatism' by tracing the history of corporate culture from the 1930s to the end of George W. Bush’s presidency. He divides the book into seven parts that correspond to stages in the evolutionary time line of corporate culture, each of which includes four vignettes that describe a defining event or important personality that significantly impacted the stage. A quick read with academic flavor, this title will appeal to fans of political and business history as well as those looking to better understand what led to America’s latest recession.\" * Library Journal *\u003cbr\u003e\"Throughout American history, there has been an intriguing tension between corporate authoritarian rule and the democratic ideals of the government. Hoopes argues in this timely volume that despite prevailing anticorporatism, Americans have been in awe of corporations and have placed too much faith in their leadership. He examines the ebb and flow of illusions surrounding business management from the Great Depression to the great recession and seeks to reveal that the corporation is a moral paradox that improves prosperity by subjecting its workforce to overbearing authority. Hoopes argues that Americans must understand the usefulness of corporations while being wary of their power, and must maintain discerning suspicion of corporate power as they have been mindful of politicians. Excellent chapter on critics of managerial character. Recommended.\"\u003cbr\u003e * Choice *\u003cbr\u003e\"James Hoopes believes we need to understand the differences between valid 'entrepreneurial leadership in politics and government' and tired versions of corporate fluff. He argues that simplistic president-as-chief-executive-officer equations of politics and business are dangerous. This short book is informative.\"\u003cbr\u003e * Journal of American History *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e Acknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e Introduction\u003cbr\u003e Part I. The Corporate American Dream at Its Height and in Its Origins\u003cbr\u003e 1. The Corporate American Dream\u003cbr\u003e 2. Corporate and National Character\u003cbr\u003e 3. From Public Purpose to Private Profit\u003cbr\u003e 4. Corporations as Enemies of the Free Market\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Corporate Failure and Government Fix\u003cbr\u003e 5. Corporate Crashes\u003cbr\u003e 6. Managers versus Markets\u003cbr\u003e 7. Corporations Blow Their Chance to End the Depression\u003cbr\u003e 8. Roosevelt's Confused Anticorporatism\u003cbr\u003e Part III. The Corporation Strikes Back\u003cbr\u003e 9. The Right to Manage\u003cbr\u003e 10. Corporations Recover Their Moral Authority\u003cbr\u003e 11. Killing the Unions Softly\u003cbr\u003e 12. Creating Reagan and His Voters\u003cbr\u003e Part IV. What Manner of Man(ager)?\u003cbr\u003e 13. Masking the Arrogance of Power\u003cbr\u003e 14. Responsibility versus Profit at General Motors\u003cbr\u003e 15. Critics of Managerial Character\u003cbr\u003e 16. JFK's Pyrrhic Victory over U.S. Steel\u003cbr\u003e Part V. The Corporation in the Wilderness Again\u003cbr\u003e 17. McNamara and the Staffers\u003cbr\u003e 18. The False Confidence of the Anticorporatists\u003cbr\u003e 19. Corporate America Loses World Supremacy\u003cbr\u003e 20. Laying the Groundwork for the Corporation's Cultural Comeback\u003cbr\u003e Part VI. Leadership\u003cbr\u003e 21. Managing by Values\u003cbr\u003e 22. Creating the Concept of Corporate Culture\u003cbr\u003e 23. Inventing the Leadership Development Industry\u003cbr\u003e 24. Reagan Aids Corporations by Bashing Government\u003cbr\u003e Part VII. Entrepreneurship\u003cbr\u003e 25. Supply-Siders versus the Big Corporation\u003cbr\u003e 26. Reengineering the Corporation\u003cbr\u003e 27. George W. Bush, Enron, and the Great Recession\u003cbr\u003e 28. Can the Corporate American Dream Be Saved?\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Index \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Wiley \u0026 Sons","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51038420664663,"sku":"9780813551302","price":999.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780813551302.jpg?v=1750940269","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/corporate-dreams-big-business-in-american-democracy-from-the-great-depression-to-the-great-recession-9780813551302","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}