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Greed is good and other fables : office life in popular culture / Tony Osborne

Author
Osborne, Tony
Published
Santa Barbara, Calif. : Praeger, [2012]
Copyright Date
©2012
Physical Description
204 pages ; 25 cm

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Contents
The great American dilemma : conformity or rebellion? -- My approach and some reflections on pop culture and such -- Early mass culture : print from the Victorian Era to the Roaring Twenties -- Sponsored films : quaintness with a radical bite -- The organization man and his kin : preachers and salesmen -- The office in drama and comedy during the 1950s and 1960s -- Greed is good : the 1980s to present-day America -- Scaling the pyramid : common types and office games.
Summary
"This book spans three centuries of popular entertainment and everyday culture, showcasing both mainstream and submerged channels and voices to examine how once reviled business values gained supremacy and poisoned the American spirit"--
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ISBN
9780313385759 (hardback)
0313385750 (hardback)
9780313385766 (ebook)
0313385769 (ebook)
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages [195]-200) and index.
Source of Acquisition
Mont Alto copy: Purchased with funds from the Paterno Libraries Endowment; 2011.
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