The myth of liberal ascendancy: corporate dominance from the Great Depression to the great recession 9781612052557, 9781612052564, 9781317255802, 9781315633367, 1315633361

Ch. 1. Demonstrating corporate dominance -- ch. 2. The rise and sudden decline of the liberal-labor alliance, 1934-1938

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English Pages viii, 310 pages Year 2016

The myth of liberal ascendancy: corporate dominance from the Great Depression to the great recession
9781612052557, 9781612052564, 9781317255802, 9781315633367, 1315633361

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G. William

Table of contents :
Ch. 1. Demonstrating corporate dominance --
ch. 2. The rise and sudden decline of the liberal-labor alliance, 1934-1938 --
ch. 3. Leadership for corporate moderates : 1939-1945 --
ch. 4. The postwar years and the Truman administration --
ch. 5. Corporate moderate frustrations : the Eisenhower years --
ch. 6. Corporate moderate successes in the Kennedy years --
ch. 7. Corporate moderation and more success : the Johnson years --
ch. 8. New sources of conflict between corporations and unions --
ch. 9. Corporate policy success and economic failure in the first Nixon administration --
ch. 10. The rise of the business roundtable and tension within CED, 1973-1976 --
ch. 11. Corporate triumphs during the Carter administration --
ch. 12. The Reagan culmination, 1981-1984 --
ch. 13. The road to the great recession.

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