About this title: 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 of new technologies-television, affordable cars, space travel, fast food-and lifestyles, such as carefully planned suburban communities centered around the nuclear family. William H. Whyte found this phenomenon alarming. As an editor for Fortune ...
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Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: A DoubleDay Anchor Book,
Date Published: 1956
Description: Fair. 471 pp. Cover is shelf worn, edges and corners are fra yed and creased, and dirty. Front cover is coming loose from spine. Interior text is clean, tight and crisp. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Doubleday Anchor Books
Date Published: 1957-01-01
Description: Very good. Very minimal damage to the cover (no holes or tears, only minimal scuff marks), in some instances dust jackets are not included, no missing pages, minimal to no highlighting/under. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Date Published: 2002-05-30
ISBN-13:9780812218190ISBN:0812218191
Description: New. New Book. There is slight time wear. Otherwise looks new. Free tracking # included! International buyers are welcome. We ship every business day. 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! read more
Binding: Mass-market paperback
Publisher: Anchor A117
Date Published: 1957
Description: Fine. No dust jacket as issued. 471 p. Includes index. A 1957 edition in near perfect condition. Pages white and not discolored. Appears unread, no creasing on spine, cover is clean and bright but not pristine. Spine is darkened some. Great copy of 50 year old paperback, read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Date Published: 2002
ISBN-13:9780812218190ISBN:0812218191
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Description: Very Good. 1956, 1st printing stated, slight discoloration to top edge of textblock, o/w book in very nice conditon, clean and sound, dj rubbed and has slight pink color at front top edge. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Univ of Pennsylvania Pr
Date Published: 2002
ISBN-13:9780812218190ISBN:0812218191
Description: New. "Recognized as a benchmark, Whyte's book reveals the dilemmas at the heart of the group ethos that emerged in the corporate and social world of the postwar era. "--Nathan Glazer. read more
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Edition: NEW ED
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press, USA
ISBN-13:9780812218190ISBN:0812218191
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"A little dry in places, but it got much better as it went along. It's fascinating to read Whyte's concern about unmanageable mortgages and revolving credit (in the days before credit cards) ... the more things change, etc."
"Written in the 1950s, this book is a classic study of American middle class conformity. Whyte describes the organization man-his aspirations, his training, his workplace and his residence of choice-the suburbs. Whyte's journalist background is evident-the book reads well, with the exception of the first section, a theoretical reflection on individualism and conformity."
"I bookmooched this just to read a couple of chapters on a Chicago suburb called Park Forest. I started reading somewhere in the middle and became so engrossed that when I finished I started back at the beginning. On the surface it would appear that a book that discusses the rise of the company businessman (white men, all) would yield nothing important to my life, but instead this book gave me a glimpse into an America that I never knew first hand yet is still mythologized by the media and Republicans. Most of the sources are from the 40s and 50s. Also, as contemporary readers we know how it all turned out--how all those suburban kids of the 50s turned into the hippies of the 60s. We also see that this model of business, an employee faithful to a company for an entire career, faded away. In fact, the generation that Whyte writes about is really the only one to receive the benefits of a job like this. Some of the companies he writes about ultimately smoked their employees with retirement, downgrades, things like that. The chapter on the way suburban neighborhoods work is great."
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