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“james hoopes”

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  • False Prophets

    by James Hoopes ...
    According to Jim Hoopes, the fundamental principles on which business is based-authority, power, control-are increasingly at odds with principles of life in a democratic society-freedom, equality, individualism. False Prophets critically examines the pioneering theories of the early management thinkers, such as Taylor, Follett, Mayo, and Deming, which intended to democratize corporate life yet ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

  • Oral History

    An Introduction for Students

    by James Hoopes ...
    A manual addressed to students rather than to teachers or researchers, Oral History: An Introduction for Students is unique among the “how to” books in the field, adapting some of the best methods of group oral history projects to the needs of individual students. Useful in courses devoted entirely to oral history, the book also addresses the wider audience of students who may choose to do oral ... Read more

    $21.89 USD

  • Peirce on Signs

    Writings on Semiotic by Charles Sanders Peirce

    Edited by James Hoopes ...
    Charles Sanders Peirce (1839–1914) is rapidly becoming recognized as the greatest American philosopher. At the center of his philosophy was a revolutionary model of the way human beings think. Peirce, a logician, challenged traditional models by describing thoughts not as “ideas” but as “signs,” external to the self and without meaning unless interpreted by a subsequent thought. His general theory ... Read more

    $28.49 USD

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  • In Defense of a Liberal Education

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  • The Teacher Wars

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  • The Management Myth: Why the Experts Keep Getting it Wrong

    Debunking Modern Business Philosophy

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  • A Consumers' Republic

    The Politics of Mass Consumption in Postwar America

    by Lizabeth Cohen ...
    In this signal work of history, Bancroft Prize winner and Pulitzer Prize finalist Lizabeth Cohen shows how the pursuit of prosperity after World War II fueled our pervasive consumer mentality and transformed American life.Trumpeted as a means to promote the general welfare, mass consumption quickly outgrew its economic objectives and became synonymous with patriotism, social equality, and the ... Read more

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  • The Golden Passport

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