Speaking of Galbraith: A Personal Portrait - Hardcover

Lamson, Peggy

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0899199135 ISBN 13: 9780899199139

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin (Trade), 1992

Synopsis

A long-time friend presents a candid portrait of the celebrated economist

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Synopsis:

This book offers a portrait of John Kenneth Galbraith, written by his long-time friend and noted journalist Peggy Lamson. From humble beginnings on a farm in southern Ontario to an endowed chair in economics at Harvard University, Professor Galbraith has led a life of high achievement: head of the Office of Price Administration during World War II, speechwriter for Adlai Stevenson, US ambassador to India under President Kennedy, and best-selling author. The book reveals Galbraith as, not only a visionary economist, but also as a determined overachiever and a devoted, but often absent, husband and father. The cast of characters includes Franklin Roosevelt, Henry Luce, Arthur Schlesinger Jr, John and Jacqueline Kennedy, Richard Nixon, and Kenneth Galbraith's wife Kitty.

About this edition

• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin (Trade)
• Publication date: 1992
• ISBN 10: 0899199135
• ISBN 13: 9780899199139
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 224