The Incorporation of America - Softcover

Trachtenberg, Alan

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0809001454 ISBN 13: 9780809001453

Publisher: Hill & Wang Inc.,U.S., 1982

Synopsis

Traces the history of corporations in the United States and looks at how incorporation has affected business, politics, culture, education, and society itself

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Review:

""The Incorporation of America" is one of those historical essays that not only illuminate their particular subject matter--in this case, American culture and society in the last half of the nineteenth century--but deepen our understanding of how we might think about the general question of 'culture' itself." --Warren I. Susman, Rutgers University
"This book realizes an ideal often mentioned as the goal of American Studies but seldom achieved: it is a truly 'interdisciplinary' account of American culture at a turning point in our history. Mr. Trachtenberg is not merely a scholar, he is a writer. Reading is a pleasure, not a duty." --Henry Nash Smith, University of California at Berkeley
"This graceful venture in cultural history provides a fresh and stimulating interpretation of American society during the last decades of the nineteenth century." --John M. Blum, Yale University

"The Incorporation of America" is one of those historical essays that not only illuminate their particular subject matter--in this case, American culture and society in the last half of the nineteenth century--but deepen our understanding of how we might think about the general question of 'culture' itself. "Warren I. Susman, Rutgers University"

This book realizes an ideal often mentioned as the goal of American Studies but seldom achieved: it is a truly 'interdisciplinary' account of American culture at a turning point in our history. Mr. Trachtenberg is not merely a scholar, he is a writer. Reading is a pleasure, not a duty. "Henry Nash Smith, University of California at Berkeley"

This graceful venture in cultural history provides a fresh and stimulating interpretation of American society during the last decades of the nineteenth century. "John M. Blum, Yale University""

"The Incorporation of America is one of those historical essays that not only illuminate their particular subject matter--in this case, American culture and society in the last half of the nineteenth century--but deepen our understanding of how we might think about the general question of 'culture' itself." --Warren I. Susman, Rutgers University

"This book realizes an ideal often mentioned as the goal of American Studies but seldom achieved: it is a truly 'interdisciplinary' account of American culture at a turning point in our history. Mr. Trachtenberg is not merely a scholar, he is a writer. Reading is a pleasure, not a duty." --Henry Nash Smith, University of California at Berkeley

"This graceful venture in cultural history provides a fresh and stimulating interpretation of American society during the last decades of the nineteenth century." --John M. Blum, Yale University

About the Author:

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 (H&W, 2004).

About this edition

• Publisher: Hill & Wang Inc.,U.S.
• Publication date: 1982
• ISBN 10: 0809001454
• ISBN 13: 9780809001453
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 268