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Invisible Hands : The Businessmen's Crusade Against the New Deal by Kim Phillips-Fein (2009, Hardcover)

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PublisherNorton & Company, Incorporated, w. w.
ISBN-100393059308
ISBN-139780393059304
eBay Product ID (ePID)63848311

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Book TitleInvisible Hands : the Businessmen's Crusade Against the New Deal
Number of Pages368 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2009
TopicUnited States / 20th Century, General, Political Ideologies / Conservatism & Liberalism
IllustratorYes
GenrePolitical Science, History
AuthorKim Phillips-Fein
FormatHardcover

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Item Height0.1 in
Item Weight20.8 Oz
Item Length1 in
Item Width0.7 in

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Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2008-043050
Dewey Edition22
Reviews"Starred Review. Combining piquant profiles of corporate firebrands with a trenchant historical analysis . . . Phillips-Fein makes an important contribution to our understanding of American conservatism." -- Publishers Weekly "Starred Review. Engaging history from a talented new scholarly voice." -- Kirkus Reviews
Dewey Decimal320.5209730904
SynopsisIn the wake of the profound economic crisis known as the Great Depression, a group of high-powered individuals joined forces to campaign against the New Deal-not just its practical policies but the foundations of its economic philosophy. The titans of the National Association of Manufacturers and the chemicals giant DuPont, together with little-known men like W. C. Mullendore, Leonard Read, and Jasper Crane, championed European thinkers Friedrich von Hayek and Ludwig von Mises and their fears of the "nanny state." Through fervent activism, fundraising, and institution-building, these men sought to educate and organize their peers as a political force to preserve their profit margins and the "American way" of doing business. In the public relations department of General Electric, they would find the perfect spokesman: Ronald Reagan., Starting in the mid-1930s, a handful of prominent American businessmen forged alliances with the aim of rescuing America--and their profit margins--from socialism and the nanny state. Long before the culture wars usually associated with the rise of conservative politics, these driven individuals funded think tanks, fought labor unions, and formed organizations to market their views. These nearly unknown, larger-than-life, and sometimes eccentric personalities--such as GE's zealous, silver-tongued Lemuel Ricketts Boulware and the self-described revolutionary Jasper Crane of DuPont--make for a fascinating, behind-the-scenes view of American history. The winner of a prestigious academic award for her original research on this book, Kim Phillips-Fein is already being heralded as an important new young American historian. Her meticulous research and narrative gifts reveal the dramatic story of a pragmatic, step-by-step, check-by-check campaign to promote an ideological revolution--one that ultimately helped propel conservative ideas to electoral triumph., Starting in the mid-1930s, a handful of prominent American businessmen forged alliances with the aim of rescuing America--and their profit margins--from socialism and the "nanny state." Long before the "culture wars" usually associated with the rise of conservative politics, these driven individuals funded think tanks, fought labor unions, and formed organizations to market their views. These nearly unknown, larger-than-life, and sometimes eccentric personalities--such as GE's zealous, silver-tongued Lemuel Ricketts Boulware and the self-described "revolutionary" Jasper Crane of DuPont--make for a fascinating, behind-the-scenes view of American history. The winner of a prestigious academic award for her original research on this book, Kim Phillips-Fein is already being heralded as an important new young American historian. Her meticulous research and narrative gifts reveal the dramatic story of a pragmatic, step-by-step, check-by-check campaign to promote an ideological revolution--one that ultimately helped propel conservative ideas to electoral triumph.
LC Classification NumberJC573.2.U6P49 2009

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