This volume examines the leading professional societies since World War II - those in the free market economies of the United States, Britain, France, West Germany and Japan, and those in the collapsed command economies of East Germany and the Soviet Union. It praises their achievements, but also warns of the greed and corruption of their elites, aking whether corruption rather than ideology caused the collapse of the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe, and if Anglo-American capitalism is likely to go the same way.
| ISBN: | 9780415143370 |
| Publication date: | 28th March 1996 |
| Author: | Harold Perkin |
| Publisher: | Routledge an imprint of Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 272 pages |
| Genres: |
Economic history History and Archaeology Social and cultural history |
This volume examines the leading professional societies since World War II - those in the free market economies of the United States, Britain, France, West Germany and Japan, and those in the collapsed command economies of East Germany and the Soviet Union. It praises their achievements, but also warns of the greed and corruption of their elites, aking whether corruption rather than ideology caused the collapse of the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe, and if Anglo-American capitalism is likely to go the same way.
The Third Revolution features in the following genres: Economic history, History and Archaeology, Social and cultural history
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The Third Revolution was written by Harold Perkin and published by Routledge an imprint of Taylor & Francis Ltd
The Third Revolution has 272 pages
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