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Who Rules America? Power, Politics and Social Change

by G. William Domhoff · 1967

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Domhoff's text is teaches students about how power operates in U.S. society. It argues that the owners and top-level managers in large income-producing properties are far and away the dominant figures in the U.S.

Subject
politicspoliticsMore like thisLess of thiseconomicseconomicsMore like thisLess of thishistoryhistoryMore like thisLess of thissocial sciencesocial scienceMore like thisLess of this
Themes
American historyAmerican historyMore like thisLess of thispoliticspoliticsMore like thisLess of this
Setting
1940s1940sMore like thisLess of this20th century20th centuryMore like thisLess of thisUSAUSAMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
Length
medium · 265 pages

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