The following are available at the Campus Bookstore and on reserve in the library:
The coursepack of readings prepared for this course.Porter, Glenn. 1992. The Rise of Big Business, 1860-1920. 2d ed.
Harvey, David. 1989. The Condition of Postmodernity.
Useem, Michael. 1984. The Inner Circle: Large Corporations and the Rise of Business Political Activity in the U.S. and U.K.
Giroux, Henry. 1999. The Mouse That Roared: What Disney Teaches.
Evans, Philip, and Thomas S. Wurster. 2000. Blown to Bits: How the New Economics of Information Transforms Strategy.
Shiva, Vandana. 2000. Stolen Harvest: The Highjacking of the Global Food Supply.
Other readings will be made available in class, by e-mail, or through Vassar's electronic JSTOR collection (on the World Wide Web, accessible from Vassar computers only). Finally, regularly read a source of business news (New York Times' business section, Wall Street Journal, The Economist, etc.) for examples of the theories we encounter and possible topics for your term paper.