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People or Personnel and Like a Conquered Province
Goodman, Paul
Publisher: Vintage, New York, USAYear Published: 1968 Pages: 437pp Dewey: 362.042 Resource Type: Book Cx Number: CX6484 Goodman offers his analysis of what is wrong with American society, and what could be done about it. Abstract: - Book I: Table of Contents 1. Prima Facie Objections 2. The Sentiment of Powerlessness in American History 3. Some Baronial Domains 4. Un-free Enterprise 5. Comparative Costs 6. Personnel and Persons 7. Cyclical Swing Appendix I - "Getting Into Power" Appendix II - Avoiding Responsibility Appendix III - Memorandum to the Poverty Program Appendix IV - Memorandum to the Office of Education Appendix V - Memorandum to the Ford Foundation Appendix VI - A New Deal for the Arts Appendix VII - Engaged Editing Appendix VIII - An Example of Spontaneous Administration Book II Table of Contents Preface 1. The Empty Society 2. Counter-Forces for a Decent Society 3. The Morality of Scientific Technology 4. Urbanization and Rural Reconstruction 5. The Psychology of Being Powerless 6. Is American Democracy Viable? Appendix I - three Letters to Decision-Makers Appendix II - What is American? Appendix III - The Education Industries Appendix IV - A.J. Muste and People in Power Appendix V - "We Won't Go" Appendix VI - Rural Life: 1984 Appendix VII - A Causeries at the Military-Industrial Subject Headings
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