Adventures of A Bystander - Hardcover

Drucker, Peter Ferdinand

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0060111011 ISBN 13: 9780060111014

Publisher: Harper & Row, 1979

Synopsis

The author 'wriites with wit and spirit about the people in his life..some great like Sigmund Freud, some well-known like Henry Luce, or Bucky Fuller when they were still only voices cryng in the wilderness'. This book 'reflects the author's vitality, curiousity and interest in people, ideas and the forces behind them'.

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Review:

For almost 60 years, Peter Drucker has been writing about everything from management and economics to philosophy and politics with an unorthodox perspective on business and society that continues to attract followers. But in the autobiographical classic Adventures of a Bystander--considered the best of his 29 books by both readers and Drucker himself--the spotlight is turned around to illuminate those he met along the way, who best embody his envisioned ideals of pluralism and diversity. Among them: Sigmund Freud, Henry Luce, Buckminster Fuller, Marshall McLuhan, and Fritz Kraemer, "the man who invented Kissinger." --Howard Rothman

From the Publisher:

The classic autobiography of one of the greatest thinkers in our time. This new edition of Drucker's autobiographical collection of stories and vignettes, re-introduces this classic to a wider audience of readers. As Drucker recounts his relationships with different people (famous and otherwise) throughout his life, he paints a portrait of the larger historical realities of his time, including war-torn Europe, the New Deal years, and America after World War II. This personal and engaging work also mirrors Drucker himself-a leader and thinker of infinite curiosity, imaginative sympathy, and enormous interest in people, ideas, and the forces behind them.

About this edition

• Publisher: Harper & Row
• Publication date: 1979
• ISBN 10: 0060111011
• ISBN 13: 9780060111014
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 344