Thomas C. Cochran (1902–1999) was, at the time of original publication, Benjamin Franklin Professor of History at the University of Pennsylvania, and an eminent American business historian. He was Visiting Fellow at St. Antony’s College, Oxford, in 1970 and was President of the American Historical Association for 1972. He had published 12 books in this field.

• Preface. 1. A Systematic Approach to Change 2. The Inner Revolution 3. The Search for Justification 4. Democracy and Education 5. Communication and Community 6. The Dual Revolution 7. Proprietary and Managerial Enterprise 8. Demographic Forces 9. From Family to Institutional Security 10. Disruptive Change 11. Characteristics of Twentieth-Century Change. Additional Reading. Index.

Thomas C. Cochran (1902–1999) was, at the time of original publication, Benjamin Franklin Professor of History at the University of Pennsylvania, and an eminent American business historian. He was Visiting Fellow at St. Antony’s College, Oxford, in 1970 and was President of the American Historical Association for 1972. He had published 12 books in this field.

• Preface. 1. A Systematic Approach to Change 2. The Inner Revolution 3. The Search for Justification 4. Democracy and Education 5. Communication and Community 6. The Dual Revolution 7. Proprietary and Managerial Enterprise 8. Demographic Forces 9. From Family to Institutional Security 10. Disruptive Change 11. Characteristics of Twentieth-Century Change. Additional Reading. Index.