American Capitalism: Social Thought and Political Economy in the Twentieth Century

Acknowledgments

Acknowledgments In the conceptualization o f the 2003 cCSB conference,Capitalism and Its Culture:Rethinking T~ventieth C e n t ~ r y ~ h e r i c a n Social Thought, and the collection o f articles that has emerged from it, George Cotlzin has proven himself indispensable, a shre~vd and sympathetic guide to the people, ideas, and texts that together constitute this book. Along the ~ra7; Casey Blake, Ho~vard Briclz, Mary Furner, Daniel Gear!; Da~id Hollinger, Michael Kazin, and Alice O'Connor have provided much guidance. At the conference and in the postconference discussions and editing, much cross fertilization o f ideas and interests took place, so I Jvant to list here all those ~vhose comments , interventions, collaborations, and writings helped make this collection a reality Aside from the contributors themselves, they include Casey Blake, Eileen Boris, Robert Brenner, Shannan Clark,George Cotkin,Richard Flacks, Mary Furner, Robert Genter, Grace Hale, David Hollinger, Meg Jacobs, Russell Jacob? ,Indre~v Je~vett, Walter Licht, George Lipsitz, Christopher Newfield,Linda Nicholson, Paula Rabino~vitz, Adolph Reed, Ronald Schztz,JeffreySlzlanslzy,Judith Smith,John Summers, Michael Szala7;"Uan M'ald, and Jon TlViener.At the cniversity o f Pennsylvania Press editor Robert Lockhart has been a ~vonderfully supportive editor, lilze~vise managing editor "Uison Anderson. This project is grateful for the financial and moral support it has Jvon from the University o f CaliforniaHumanities Research Institute, the University o f California Officeo f the President, and the Interdisciplinary Humanities Center, the Department o f History, the College o f Letters and Science, and the Academic Senate, all at the cniversity o f California,Santa Barbara. ...