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9780252064395 Academic Inspection Copy

Selling Free Enterprise

The Business Assault on Labor and Liberalism, 1945-60
  • ISBN-13: 9780252064395
  • Publisher: UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS PRESS
    Imprint: UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS PRESS
  • By Elizabeth A. Fones-Wolf
  • Price: AUD $62.99
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  • Local release date: 16/03/1995
  • Format: Paperback 344 pages Weight: 0g
  • Categories: Cultural studies [JFC]
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The post-World War II years in the United States were marked by the business community's efforts to discredit New Deal liberalism and undermine the power and legitimacy of organized labor. In Selling Free Enterprise, Elizabeth Fones-Wolf describes how conservative business leaders strove to reorient workers away from their loyalties to organized labor and government, teaching that prosperity could be achieved through reliance on individual initiative, increased productivity, and the protection of personal liberty. Based on research in a wide variety of business and labor sources, this detailed account shows how business permeated every aspect of American life, including factories, schools, churches, and community institutions.
''A book of enormous import ... a wealth of evidence to demonstrate the extent to which the American business community sought to discredit New Deal liberalism and undermine the power and legitimacy of organized labor.'' -- Business History Review
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