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1 online resource |
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| Summary |
"Explores the activities of the American P'planning community"' and its role in influencing the direction of post-war foreign economic policy"-- Provided by publisher. |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents ; List of Abbreviations ; Preface ; Context and Themes ; Wartime America ; Damaged capitalism: Federal and free-market solutions ; The international question: Foreign trade and the national€economy ; Business -- government relations: Corporate liberalism theory ; Chapter structure ; Chapter 1 The Planners Before 1939 ; The Twentieth Century Fund ; The Business Advisory Council ; The National Economic and Social Planning Association. |
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Chapter 2 War in Europe: The Liberal Initiative, 1939 -- 41 The NESPA gears for the post-war ; The TCF becomes ' visionary ' ; The BAC gets ' defensive ' ; Chapter 3 Total War: Twilight of the Liberal Monopoly, €1942 ; BAC hands over post-war studies ; The CED is born ; The TCF bursts forth ; The NPA as the ' catalytic and energizing agency ' ; Chapter 4 War ' s Height: The Challenge of Conservatism, €1943 -- 44 ; The CED is unleashed ; The TCF revisits its principles. |
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The NPA rises as the NRPB falls Chapter 5 War ' s End: The International Question Brings Convergence, 1944 -- 45 ; The CED offers ' synthesis ' ; The NPA goes all out for the administration ; The TCF casts the net wide and deep ; Chapter 6 Transition: The Arrival of a Moderate Consensus, 1945 -- 48 ; TCF leads from the rear ; NPA finds solace in Europe ; The CED takes centre stage ; Conclusions ; Appendix 1 Composition of Planning Organizations. |
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Appendix 2 Chronology of Major Planning Publications Notes ; Bibliography ; Index. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Business planning -- United States -- History -- 21st century.
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Business planning. |
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United States. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
21st century |
| Subject |
World War, 1939-1945 -- United States.
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World War (1939-1945) |
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1939-2099 |
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Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Whitham, Charlie. Post-war business planners in the United States, 1939-48. New York : Bloomsbury Academic, 2016 9781472511720 (DLC) 2016012288 |
| ISBN |
9781472508751 (electronic book) |
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1472508750 (electronic book) |
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9781472512161 |
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1472512162 |
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9781472511720 (hardback) |
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1472511727 |
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