The Third Revolution in history is the revolution of the professionals. Harold Perkin's ambitious new book examines the leading professional societies since World War II - those in the free market economies of the United States, Britain, France, West Germany and Japan, and those in the collapsed ...
The Third Revolution in history is the revolution of the professionals. Harold Perkin's ambitious new book examines the leading professional societies since World War II - those in the free market economies of the United States, Britain, France, West Germany and Japan, and those in the collapsed command economies of East Germany and the Soviet Union. He offers tribute to their extraordinary achievements, but warns of the greed and corruption of their elites.