Diana Kelly, "The Red Taylorist: The Life and Times of Walter Nicholas Polakov" (Emerald, 2020)
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American Capitalism in the 19 Twenties
You are a non us scholar based outside of the us. Who have researchd an originally foreignb, non origina, foreign born industrialist in the us. So what is your understanding of american capitalism by looking at this experience? Oh, big question. I mean, american capitalism in the 19 twenties, i was probably the kind of capitalism rich large in some respects. It was a time of great opportunity, but it was also a time ofGreat poverty. But we to take not just american capitalism, but American society which was influenced by that capitalism.
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