Debating the End of History: The Marketplace, Utopia, and the Fragmentation of Intellectual Life

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DEBATING THE END OF HISTORY critical american studies series George Lipsitz, University of California–Santa Barbara, series editor Debating the enD of history The Marketplace, Utopia, and the Fragmentation of Intellectual Life DaviD W. noble Foreword by DaviD r. roeDiger University of Minnesota Press Minneapolis London Critical American Studies Copyright 2012 by the Regents of the University of Minnesota All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the publisher. Published by the University of Minnesota Press 111 Third Avenue South, Suite 290 Minneapolis, MN 55401-2520 http://www.upress.umn.edu library of congress cataloging-in-publication data Noble, David W. Debating the end of history : the marketplace, utopia, and the fragmentation of intellectual life / David W. Noble ; foreword by David R. Roediger. (Critical American Studies series) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-8166-8058-0 (hc : acid-free paper) ISBN 978-0-8166-8059-7 (pbk. : acid-free paper) 1. United States—Historiography. 2. Historiography—Economic aspects. 3. Environmentalism. 4. Globalization. I. Title. E175.N628 2012 973—dc23 2012019607 Printed in the United States of America on acid-free paper The University of Minnesota is an equal-opportunity educator and employer. 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 For Gail and the other members of our four-generation household community: Tricia and Michael; Ella, Jesse, and Danielle; Jon This page intentionally left blank ...