The Managerial Revolution _ or What is Happening in the World Now by Burnham, James - 1944

The First UK printing published by Putnam, London in 1942. The BOOK is in Very Good++ or better condition. Original publisher's cloth with red lettering. Some light pushing to the upper spine and upper corners. Light spotting to the text block and the cloth with a hint of toning to the edges. A neat previous owner's details to the upper blank front end-paper. The WRAPPER is complete and is in Very Good++ condition. A little loss at the spine ends and corners. Some toning to the spine and edges. The wrapper is protected in a removable Brodart archival cover. James Burnham's (1905-1987) seminal work in which he argues that capitalism will be displaced by a form of global managerialism and, as a result, bureaucratic elites will supplant workers and capitalists at the apex of power. Prior to publishing The Managerial Revolution Burnham was a prominent Trotskyist, but he would resign from the Workers Party in 1940 and thereafter become an influential theorist in the post-war American conservative movement.… Read More