Destructive Creation: American Business and the Winning of World War II Mark R.Wilson. University of Pennsylvania Press, 2016.

Throughout history, and particularly since World War II, American business has held a real and symbolic role in the world economy. The conclusion looks at the reasons behind this: an intermittently regulated business environment; a focus on innovation and regeneration and a comparative lack of stigma attached to failure; and the “American Dream” of democratic entrepreneurship, which has attracted new people and perspectives throughout history. While social and economic freedom is inaccessible to many, the idea of it has been a powerful incentive to encourage risk-taking people, from both America and around the world, to pursue opportunities in America—and enough have succeeded there to encourage others.

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Destructive Creation: American Business and the Winning of World War II

Business History ◽

10.1080/00076791.2019.1570636 ◽

2019 ◽

pp. 1-2

Author(s):

Andrew Perchard

Keyword(s):

World War Ii ◽

American Business ◽

World War

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Reinventing Childhood after World War II. Paula S.Fass, and MichaelGrossberg, Eds. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2012.

The Journal of American Culture ◽

10.1111/j.1542-734x.2012.813_6.x ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 35 (3) ◽

pp. 282-283

Author(s):

Kathy Merlock Jackson

Keyword(s):

World War Ii ◽

University Of Pennsylvania ◽

World War

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Audra Jennings, Out of the Horrors of War: Disability Politics in World War II America (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2016, $55.00). Pp. 296.isbn 978 0 8122 4851 7.

Journal of American Studies ◽

10.1017/s0021875818001093 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 52 (04) ◽

pp. 1154-1156

Author(s):

HOLLY ALLEN

Keyword(s):

World War Ii ◽

University Of Pennsylvania ◽

World War

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SURGERY IN WORLD WAR II. COLD INJURY, GROUND TYPE. By Colonel Tom F. Whayne, M.C., U.S.A. (Ret.), Professor of Preventive Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pa.; and Michael E. DeBakey, M.D., Professor of Surgery and Chairman of the Department, Baylor University College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, Formerly Colonel, M.C., A.U.S. Prepared and published under the direction of Major-General S. B. Hays, The Surgeon General, United States Army. 10x7 in. Pp. xxi+570, with 105 figures, 52 tables and 32 charts. Index. 1958. Washington: Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington 25, D.C. Price $6.25

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - British Volume ◽

10.1302/0301-620x.41b4.891 ◽

1959 ◽

Vol 41-B (4) ◽

pp. 891-892

Author(s):

D. Ll. Griffiths

Keyword(s):

United States ◽

World War Ii ◽

United States Army ◽

University Of Pennsylvania ◽

Government Printing ◽

World War ◽

Surgeon General ◽

Baylor University ◽

School Of Medicine ◽

Major General

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8. Corporate America, 1945–1980

American Business History: A Very Short Introduction ◽

10.1093/actrade/9780190622473.003.0009 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 101-118

Author(s):

Walter A. Friedman

Keyword(s):

World War Ii ◽

Golden Age ◽

Price Competition ◽

Global Markets ◽

High Tech ◽

American Business ◽

Corporate America ◽

World War ◽

New Strategies

America’s infrastructure emerged largely unscathed from World War II. “Corporate America, 1945–1980” defines the decades after the war as a golden age for American business. Postwar business norms influenced the “organization type” or executive, characterized by friendliness and loyalty. High-tech companies invested in aviation and aerospace, while low-tech companies dealing in food, lumber, tobacco, and brewing turned to marketing rather than price competition to sell their products. The postwar years saw the growth of services and franchises and bolstered America’s presence in overseas markets. Later in the century, it became clear that America needed new strategies to regain lost shares of global markets.

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