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Author:

Burns, Jennifer, 1975-

Title:

Goddess of the market : Ayn Rand and the American Right / Jennifer Burns.

Publisher:

Oxford University Press,

Copyright Date:

2011, c2009

Description:

369 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Rand, Ayn.
Rand, Ayn--Political and social views.
Rand, Ayn--Criticism and interpretation.
Novelists, American--20th century--Biography.
Women novelists, American--Biography.
Philosophers--United States--Biography.
Political culture--United States--History--20th century.
Right and left (Political science)--History--20th century.
United States--Politics and government--1945-1989.

Notes:

Originally published: 2009. Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Introduction -- Part I: The education of Ayn Rand, 1905-1943. From Russia to Roosevelt ; Individualists of the world, unite! ; A new credo of freedom -- Part II: From novelist to philosopher, 1944-1957. The real root of evil ; A round universe -- Part III: Who is John Galt?, 1957-1968. Big sister is watching you ; Radicals for capitalism ; Love is exception making -- Part IV: Legacies. It usually begins with Ayn Rand ; Epilogue: Ayn Rand in American memory -- Acknowledgments.

ISBN:

019983248X (pbk.)
9780199832484 (pbk.)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)751794841

Locations:

TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)

YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)

GEPG771 -- West Des Moines Public Library (West Des Moines)