Why the American Century? by Zunz, Olivier

Why the American Century?

Reinterpreting our country's rise to world power, Olivier Zunz shows how American elites appropriated the twentieth century....
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Why the American Century? by Zunz, Olivier

Why the American Century?

$336.35

Why the American Century?

$336.35
Author: Olivier Zunz
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Reinterpreting our country's rise to world power, Olivier Zunz shows how American elites appropriated the twentieth century. Policymakers, corporate managers, engineers, scientists, and social scientists promoted a social contract of abundance and a controversial theory of pluralism. Their efforts created a model of middle class behavior for America and for the rest of the world.

It should certainly be the task of historians to explain the nation's triumphs as effectively as they have explained its failures, and Zunz in this intelligent, learned and ambitious book suggests a valuable new model for doing so.--Alan Brinkley, Times Literary Supplement

Zunz is evenhanded in his judgments. . . . His thesis is both imaginative and well grounded in the appropriate sources.--David M. Oshinsky, New York Times Book Review

Zunz is an innovative and perceptive social critic. He crosses disciplinary boundaries with ease and felicity, and is particularly adept at illustrating large themes with unusual but telling details.--Kent Blaser, American Studies

An eye-opening introduction to the shaping of modern America.--Foreign Affairs


Author: Olivier Zunz
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 11/15/1998
Pages: 270
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.27lbs
Size: 9.30h x 6.28w x 0.95d
ISBN: 9780226994611


Review Citation(s):
Library Journal 09/01/1998 pg. 202
Booklist 09/01/1998 pg. 41
Publishers Weekly 10/19/1998 pg. 68
New York Times 02/21/1999 pg. 26
Univ PR Books for Public Libry 01/01/1999 pg. 14 - Recommended/Special Interest

About the Author
Zunz, Olivier: - Olivier Zunz is the Commonwealth Professor of History at the University of Virginia. He has held visiting appointments at the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales and the Collège de France. He is the author of Why the American Century?, and Making America Corporate, 1870-1920, both published by the University of Chicago Press.

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