Professor; Louis Evans Chair in U.S. History
hbrick@umich.eduOffice Information:
1725 Haven Hall
United States ; Intellectual & Cultural History ; Global & World ; History
Education/Degree:
Ph.D. University of Michigan, 1983
Highlighted Work and Publications
Transcending Capitalism: Visions of a New Society in Modern American Thought
Howard Brick
Transcending Capitalism explains why many influential midcentury American social theorists came to believe it was no longer meaningful to describe modern Western society as "capitalist," but instead preferred alternative terms such as "postcapitalist," "postindustrial," or "technological." Considering the discussion today of capitalism and its global triumph, it is important to understand why a prior generation of social theorists imagined the future of advanced societies not in a fixed capitalist form but in some course of development leading beyond capitalism. Howard Brick locates this postcapitalist... See More
Age of Contradiction: American Thought & Culture in the 1960s
Howard Brick
In Age of Contradiction, Howard Brick provides a rich context for understanding historical events, cultural tensions, political figures, artistic works, and trends of intellectual life. His lucid and comprehensive book combines the best methods of historical analysis and assessment with fascinating subject matter to create a three-dimensional portrait of a complicated time. In one of the only books on the 1960s to put ideas at the center of the period's history, Brick carefully explores the dilemmas, the promise, and the legacy of American thought in that time. Publisher: Cornell University Press... See More