This epic of urban politics and Irish America recounts the life of James Michael Curley--twice-jailed scoundrel and saint, champion of the people and shameless grafter, er of Mussolini, orato and wit, and often called the most colorful politician in American history. And a great Dickensian story it is, spilling over with plots and pathos, ...
In this passionate, gripping, often shocking history of wealth over commonwealth, Beatty has synthesized the research of a new generation of scholars to give a fresh look at the industrialization and politics that forged modern America.
In a dazzling intellectual profile of one of the greatest management theorists and social thinkers of our time, Jack Beatty address the pivotal themes of Peter Drucker's work--the society of organizations, the knowledge society, the birth and death of management--and reveals the crucial connections he forges between the realms of theory and ...
The nationally acclaimed, award-winning biography of "the Kingfish of Massachusetts" and an epic of urban politics and Irish America.. Twice-jailed scoundrel and the people's champion, builder of hospitals and schools and shameless grafter, compelling orator and master of political farce, James Michael Curley was the stuff of legend long before ...
Brilliant pieces of political reportage, satire, and essay, artfully assembled and introduced by a renowned writer, editor, and NPR news analyst In Pols, Jack Beatty presents a writer's portrait gallery of America's most famous and infamous politicians. Whether it's John Dos Passos' brilliant six-page treatment of the life of Theodore Roosevelt, ...
Through historical essays, the voices of Emerson, Adams, Dickens, Twain, and many other writers brilliantly trace the history of business. This groundbreaking collection of writings chronicles the rise of the American corporation as a primary agent of change in the history of the nation.
Major biography and examination of the business philosophy of Peter Drucker, the century's most influential management thinker. For many business managers across the world, Peter Drucker is the Doyen of management theory. Born in Austria in 1909, Drucker was raised in Vienna between the wars. Emigrated to America in 1937, beginning a brilliant ...
El mundo segun Drucker es la primera biografia y a la vez el primer retrato intelectual de una de las mentes mas lucidas del siglo XX; segun The Economist el pensador mas importante que produjo la teoria del management.
Brilliant pieces of political reportage, satire, and essay, edited and with introductions from Jack Beatty, longtime "Atlantic Monthly editor, news analyst of NPR's "On Point, and author of the "Boston Globe bestseller "The Rascal King.
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