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" A life in our times : "
John Kenneth Galbraith.
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BL
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1010805
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b765175
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| Main Entry
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Galbraith, John Kenneth,1908-2006.
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| Title & Author
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A life in our times : : memoirs /\ John Kenneth Galbraith.
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| Publication Statement
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New York :: Ballantine Books,, 1982, ©1981.
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x, 563 pages ;; 21 cm
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0345303237
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: 9780345303233
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| Notes
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Includes index.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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Above the lakes -- Berkeley and the higher learning in America -- First glimpse of grandeur -- Harvard before democracy -- Revelation -- In innocence abroad -- Interlude -- Washington, 1940 -- Price czar novitiate -- The inner face of war -- The dynamics of error -- The rough game -- Germany, 1945 -- Albert Speer and after -- Japan, 1945 -- Cold breath -- Time, fortune, life, luce -- Academia redux -- Adlai Stevenson -- Depression, crash, communism, and the Canadian Pacific Railway -- First view of India and the affluent society -- A.E.S. Redux -- Kennedy, democrats and the new industrial state -- J.F.K. : the campaign -- Diplomacy ; spooks -- The State Department, Jawaharlal Nehru and India -- Intimate perception of a war -- Lyndon Johnson -- Vietnam : the beginning -- The politics of the careful dissent -- The violent convocation -- The new industrial state and after -- Last chapter.
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| Abstract
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Autobiography of economist Professor John Kenneth Galbraith, and the events and famous people of the times.
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Galbraith, John Kenneth,1908-2006.
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Galbraith, John Kenneth,1908-2006.
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Galbraith, John Kenneth.
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Economists-- United States, Biography.
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Autobiografie
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Economists.
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Politics and government
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United States, Politics and government, 1945-
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United States.
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| Dewey Classification
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330/.092
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| LC Classification
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HB119.G33A34 1982
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15.85bcl
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QE 800rvk
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