The Incorporation of America: Culture and Society in the Gilded Age by Alan Trac

Description: The Incorporation of America by Alan Trachtenberg A classic examination of the roots of corporate culture, newly revised and updated for the twenty first centuryAlan Trachtenberg presents a balanced analysis of the expansion of capitalist power in the last third of the nineteenth century and the cultural changes it brought in its wake. In America's westward expansion, labor unrest, newly powerful cities, and newly mechanized industries, the ideals and ideas by which Americans lived were reshaped, and American society became more structured, with an entrenched middle class and a powerful business elite. Here, in an updated edition which includes a new introduction and a revised bibliographical essay, is a brilliant, essential work on the origins of America's corporate culture and the formation of the American social fabric after the Civil War. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description A classic examination of the roots of corporate culture, newly revised and updated for the twenty first century Alan Trachtenberg presents a balanced analysis of the expansion of capitalist power in the last third of the nineteenth century and the cultural changes it brought in its wake. In Americas westward expansion, labor unrest, newly powerful cities, and newly mechanized industries, the ideals and ideas by which Americans lived were reshaped, and American society became more structured, with an entrenched middle class and a powerful business elite. Here, in an updated edition which includes a new introduction and a revised bibliographical essay, is a brilliant, essential work on the origins of Americas corporate culture and the formation of the American social fabric after the Civil War. Back Cover Turf Wars: Discourse, Diversity, and the Politics of Place is the fascinating story of an urban neighborhood undergoing rapid gentrification. It is a story about how the members of a multi-ethnic, multi-class Washington, D.C., community deploy language to project conflicting images of their neighborhood. Waging wars around such issues as public toilets and public urination, the "morality" of co-ops & condos, and characterizations of "good" girls and "bad" boys, community members use these themes to create identities for themselves as legitimate community members (e.g., as tough urbanites or sophisticated historic preservationists) while creating identities to discredit others (e.g., "People who belong in the suburbs"). Turf Wars taps the power of discourse analysis to provide insight into the ways that local activity shapes larger urban social processes. In this innovative text, cultural anthropologist and linguist Gabriella Modan offers a detailed, rich, and highly engrossing ethnographic account of a neighborhood and the people who live and work there. She also provides readers with little background in linguistic anthropology, cultural geography, and urban anthropology a primer to key concepts and presents a range of sophisticated ideas in an accessible manner. Author Biography 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). 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 Review Quote This graceful venture in cultural history provides a fresh and stimulating interpretation of American society during the last decades of the nineteenth century. Details ISBN0809058286 Author Alan Trachtenberg Short Title INCORPORATION OF-25TH ANNIV/E Language English Edition 25th ISBN-10 0809058286 ISBN-13 9780809058280 Media Book Format Paperback DEWEY 973.8 Year 2007 Residence US Affiliation Yale University Imprint Hill & Wang Inc.,U.S. Subtitle Culture and Society in the Gilded Age Country of Publication United States DOI 10.1604/9780809058280 AU Release Date 2007-01-01 NZ Release Date 2007-01-01 US Release Date 2007-01-01 UK Release Date 2007-01-01 Pages 304 Publisher Hill & Wang Inc.,U.S. Edition Description 25th Anniversary ed. Publication Date 2007-01-01 Audience General We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:139623241;

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