Goddess of the market : Ayn Rand and the American Right / Jennifer Burns.
Material type: TextPublication details: Oxford, England ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009.Description: 369 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cmISBN:- 9780195324877 (acid-free paper)
- 0195324870 (acid-free paper)
- 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
- PS3535.A547 Z587 2009
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 345-360) and index.
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.
Drawing on unprecedented access to Rand's private papers and the original, unedited versions of Rand's journals, Jennifer Burns offers a groundbreaking reassessment of this key cultural figure, examining her life, her ideas, and her impact on conservative political thought.