Corporate Dreams: Big Business in American Democracy from the Great Depression to the Great Recession

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Corporate Dreams James Hoopes Rutgers University Press New Brunswick, New Jersey, and London Corporate Dreams Big Business in American Democracy from the Great Depression to the Great Recession Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Hoopes, James, 1944– Corporate dreams : big business in American democracy from the Great Depression to the great recession / James Hoopes. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978–0–8135–5130–2 (hardcover : alk. paper) 1. Corporate culture—United States—History. 2. Business and politics— United States—Case studies. 3. Political ethics—United States. 4. United States—Politics and government—2001–2009. 5. Leadership—United States— History. 6. United States—Moral conditions. I. Title. HD58.7.H646 2011 338.0973—dc22 2010052501 A British Cataloging-in-Publication record for this book is available from the British Library. Copyright © 2011 by James Hoopes All rights reserved No part of this book may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without written permission from the publisher. Please contact Rutgers University Press, 100 Joyce Kilmer Avenue, Piscataway, NJ 08854–8099. The only exception to this prohibition is “fair use” as defined by U.S. copyright law. Visit our Web site: http://rutgerspress.rutgers.edu Manufactured in the United States of America For George Cotkin, faith keeper ...