Uneasy Partners: Big Business in American Politics, 1945-1990 by Kim McQuaid (En

Description: Uneasy Partners by Kim McQuaid position in the world economy. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description This text surveys the close ties that have formed between big business and government in the period from World War II to the present. McQuaid explains that government needs business to make and implement key economic and business-related decisions. Business needs government to gain advantages over labour and markets. The defining characteristics of this business-government relationship form the focal point for each of this books chapters. The author first examines the 1945-60 transition period, discussing Eisenhowers domestic policies, foreign aid and the oil market. He explores the rapid expansion of government under the Democratic administrations of the 1960s and discusses the Republican retrenchment and the Reagan administrations pro-business agenda in the 1980s. Finally, he assesses the legacy of the Reagan policies and evaluates the current US position in the world economy. Author Biography Kim McQuaid is an American historian, educator and writer. He is a Professor Emeritus at Lake Erie College. Table of Contents ForewordPrefacePrologue: August 1945Chapter 1. Defining Postwar Normalcy: The Fight Over Labor LawChapter 2. The Path to the Marshall PlanChapter 3. Oil: Cold War Symbiosis at an ApexChapter 4. Korea, Communism, and Corruption: The Path to EisenhowerChapter 5. Eisenhower and the American Corporate DreamChapter 6. Corporations on the New FrontierChapter 7. The Time of Troubles Begins: From Lyndon Johnson to Gerald FordChapter 8. Corporate Resurgence from Carter to ReaganChapter 9. The Reagan Revolution and AfterwardPostscript: New Years Day, 1992Abbreviations Bibliographical EssayIndex Review McQuaid successfully describes the evolving relationship between big government and big business through the crises of both hot and cold wars...An interesting useful study. Labor History "A fast-paced, well-written survey... an excellent interpretative essay.-Business Library Review Long Description Businessmen are politicians in America, writes Kim McQuaid, and politicians are businessmen. Today, in areas as diverse as home mortgages, high technology, and Smart Bombs, the private and public sectors are working together to perform tasks that each is unable to do alone. In Uneasy Partners McQuaid surveys the close ties that have formed between big business and government in the period from World War II to the present. Government needs business, McQuaid explains, to make and implement key economic and business-related decisions. Business needs government to gain advantages over labor and markets. The defining characteristics of this business-government relationship form the focal point for each of the books chapters. McQuaid first examines the 1945-60 transition period, discussing Eisenhowers domestic policies, foreign aid, and the oil market. He explores the rapid expansion of government under the Democratic administrations of the 1960s. He discusses the Republican retrenchment and the Reagan administrations pro-business agenda in the 1980s. Finally he assesses the legacy of the Reagan policies and evaluates the current U.S. position in the world economy. Review Text ""McQuaid successfully describes the evolving relationship between big government and big business through the crises of both hot and cold wars....An interesting useful study."" Review Quote ""McQuaid successfully describes the evolving relationship between big government and big business through the crises of both hot and cold wars....An interesting useful study."-- Labor History "A fast-paced, well-written survey... an excellent interpretative essay. -- Business Library Review Details ISBN0801846528 Author Kim McQuaid Publisher Johns Hopkins University Press ISBN-10 0801846528 ISBN-13 9780801846526 Format Paperback Imprint Johns Hopkins University Press Place of Publication Baltimore, MD Country of Publication United States DEWEY 973.9 Short Title UNEASY PARTNERS Language English Media Book Series The American Moment Pages 248 Audience Age 17 Subtitle Big Business in American Politics, 1945-1990 Illustrations No DOI 10.1604/9780801846526 Year 1994 Publication Date 1994-01-26 NZ Release Date 1994-01-26 US Release Date 1994-01-26 UK Release Date 1994-01-26 Alternative 9780801846519 Audience Undergraduate AU Release Date 1993-12-14 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:161800717;

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