The Cultural Contradictions of Capitalism.

Bell, Daniel

Published by Basic Books, Inc. Publishers, New York, 1976

About this Item

First edition of the authorā s magnum opus. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Daniel Bell on the front free endpaper. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Vincent Torre. Daniel Bell was an American sociologist and professor emeritus at Harvard University, best known for his influential contributions to the study of post-industrialism. He has been described as "one of the leading American intellectuals of the postwar era" (Durham, 1986). For work like The Cultural Contradictions of Capitalism, Bell received honorary degrees from Harvard, the University of Chicago, and fourteen other universities in the United States, London, and Japan. He also received the 1992 Lifetime Achievement Award, the 1993 Talcott Parsons Prize, and the Tocqueville Award by the French government in 1995. Listed as one of the 100 most influential books since World War II by The Times Literary Supplement in London and listed by The National Review as one of the 100 greatest books of the twentieth century.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Cultural Contradictions of Capitalism.
• Publisher: Basic Books, Inc. Publishers, New York
• Publication Date: 1976
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • Economics and Finance