Selected Letters of John Kenneth Galbraith

In his long and cosmopolitan life, Galbraith wrote thousands of letters. Here, Holt has selected the most important of these from his archival research.

List of contents

Introduction; 1. 1930s: Berkeley and Harvard; 2. 1940s: war and price czar; 3. 1950s: liberal democrats and The Affluent Society; 4. 1960s: triumph and tragedy; 5. 1970s: the shooting star of American liberalism; 6. 1980s: the rise of American conservatism; 7. 1990s: political and economic moderation; 8. 2000s: a goodbye: economics, peace and laughter; About the editor.

About the author

Richard P. F. Holt is a Professor of Economics at Southern Oregon University. He has authored and edited many books, two of which were named a Choice Outstanding Academic Title. He has also published more than sixty articles and book reviews in a variety of academic journals, and has served on various editorial boards.

Summary

In his long and cosmopolitan life, Galbraith wrote thousands of letters, and Richard P. F. Holt has selected the most important of these from his archival research. Now available in print for the first time, these letters reveal the charm and brilliance of one the great American liberals of the twentieth century.

Product details

• Authors: Richard Holt, Richard P F Holt, Richard P. F. Holt
• Assisted by: Richard P. F. Holt (Editor), Richard P. F. (Southern Oregon University) Holt (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.06.2017
• EAN: 9781107019881
• ISBN: 978-1-107-01988-1
• Dimensions: 170 mm x 237 mm x 46 mm
• Subjects: Education and learning > Teaching preparation > Vocational needs; Social sciences, law, business > Business > Miscellaneous; Diaries, letters & journals, LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Diaries & Journals, LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Letters, Published diaries, letters and journals