Regarded as one of the most important sociological and business commentaries of modern times, The Organization Man developed the first thorough description of the impact of mass organization on American society. During the height of the Eisenhower administration, corporations appeared to provide a blissful answer to postwar life with the marketing ...
The author of the bestselling The Organization Man humanizes "the city" by artfully dissecting its elements and offering an eye-opening perspective on its components. 120 photos.
Named by Newsweek magazine to its list of "Fifty Books for Our Time." For sixteen years William Whyte walked the streets of New York and other major cities. With a group of young observers, camera and notebook in hand, he conducted pioneering studies of street life, pedestrian behavior, and city dynamics. City: Rediscovering the Center is the ...
The remaining corner of an old farm, unclaimed by developers. The brook squeezed between housing plans. Abandoned railroad lines. The stand of woods along an expanded highway. These are the outposts of what was once a larger pattern of forests and farms, the "last landscape." According to William H. Whyte, the place to work out the problems of our ...
First published in 1958, this study addresses the problems of urban decline and suburban sprawl, transportation, city politics and the character and fabric of the new cities. An introductory essay describes the continuing relevance of the study to urban issues of the 1990s.
A memoir by William H. Whyte. The battle for control of Guadalcanal in 1942 and what the Americans learned from it forms the heart of the book. The battle was the first real test of land combat between the United States and Japan.
This volume offers the core writings of William H. Whyte, great observer of the American postwar scene. Included are selections from "The Organization Man", "The Last Landscape" and "City: Rediscovering the Center", as well as many of Whyte's articles from "Fortune" magazine.
After becoming separated from his human family, a mother and little boy who are both deaf, a puppy is trained as a hearing ear dog and is eventually reunited with his owners.
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