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The Man Everybody Knew. Bruce Barton and the Making of Modern America.
Richard M. Fried
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Description for The Man Everybody Knew. Bruce Barton and the Making of Modern America.
Hardback. Num Pages: 304 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 154 x 27. Weight in Grams: 590.
Everyone knew him then: Bruce Barton was a cultural icon. Two-thirds of American history textbooks today cite him to illustrate the 1920s adoration of the business mentality that then dominated American culture. Historians quote from his enormous best-seller, The Man Nobody Knows, in which Barton called Jesus the "founder of modern business" who "picked up twelve men from the bottom ranks of business and forged them into an organization that conquered the world." But few know Bruce Barton now: he is the most famous twentieth-century American not to rate a biography. Richard M. Fried's compelling new study captures the full ... Read more
Everyone knew him then: Bruce Barton was a cultural icon. Two-thirds of American history textbooks today cite him to illustrate the 1920s adoration of the business mentality that then dominated American culture. Historians quote from his enormous best-seller, The Man Nobody Knows, in which Barton called Jesus the "founder of modern business" who "picked up twelve men from the bottom ranks of business and forged them into an organization that conquered the world." But few know Bruce Barton now: he is the most famous twentieth-century American not to rate a biography. Richard M. Fried's compelling new study captures the full ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Ivan R Dee, Inc United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
Chicago, United States
ISBN
9781566636636
SKU
V9781566636636
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About Richard M. Fried
Richard M. Fried is professor of history at the University of Illinois at Chicago and author of Men Against McCarthy, Nightmare in Red, and The Russians Are Coming! The Russians Are Coming! He studied at Amherst College and Columbia University, and has been a senior Fulbright lecturer. He is married with two children and lives in Glen Ellyn, Illinois.
Reviews for The Man Everybody Knew. Bruce Barton and the Making of Modern America.
A fine biography.
John M. and Priscilla S. Taylor
The Washington Times
Fried shows the extent of Barton’s true influence . . . as a pioneer in modern political advertising.
James Boylan
Columbia Journalism Review
Well-researched and well-written.
Walter A. Friedman
Journal of American History
Brief, fair-minded, and well-researched.
Robert ... Read more
John M. and Priscilla S. Taylor
The Washington Times
Fried shows the extent of Barton’s true influence . . . as a pioneer in modern political advertising.
James Boylan
Columbia Journalism Review
Well-researched and well-written.
Walter A. Friedman
Journal of American History
Brief, fair-minded, and well-researched.
Robert ... Read more