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词条 Ferdinand Lundberg
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  1. Early life and education

  2. Career

  3. Personal life

  4. Bibliography

  5. References

  6. Other sources

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Ferdinand Lundberg (April 30, 1902 – March 1, 1995) was an American journalist known for his frequent and potent criticism of American financial and political institutions. His work has been credited as influences on Robert Caro, Ralph Nader, Betty Friedan, and others.

Early life and education

Born in Chicago, Illinois, Ferdinand Lundberg received B.A. and M.A. degrees from Columbia University.[1]

Career

Early in his career, Lundberg was a business reporter for United Press International, and the Chicago Daily News.[1] From 1927 to 1934 he reported for the New York Herald Tribune.[1]

Described by the Los Angeles Times as "witty, articulate, opinionated, marvelously well-read and not the least bit shy about telling us exactly what he thinks about America and the mess we've made of it", Lundberg was vocal in his contrarian viewpoints, describing the United States as an oligarchy, eviscerating prominent American families including the Rockefellers and Hearsts, and denouncing the United States Constitution while calling for its replacement with a parliamentary system.[2] Several of his dozen-or-so books on these topics were best-sellers.[1]

Lundberg's debut book, Imperial Hearst, was lauded by Foreign Affairs as "an annihilating study of the newspaper magnate" worthy of "wide attention" while, in modern times, Robert Caro and Ralph Nader have both cited Lundberg's America's 60 Families as early influences on themselves.[3][4][5][6] Betty Friedan, meanwhile, wrote The Feminine Mystique as a rebuttal to Lundberg's The Lost Sex, taking its title from a phrase used by Lundberg in his book.[7]

In addition to his journalistic writing, Lundberg also spent 16 years as an adjunct professor of social philosophy at New York University. He was also an editor for the Century Foundation.[1]

Personal life

Lundberg was married to Elizabeth Young, with whom he had two sons. At the end of his life he lived in Chappaqua, New York.[1]

Bibliography

  • Imperial Hearst;: A social biography (1936)
  • America's 60 Families (1937)
  • The Lost Sex (1947)
  • The Treason of the People (1954)
  • The coming world transformation (1963)
  • The Rich and the Super-Rich (1968)
  • The Rockefeller Syndrome (1968)
  • Cracks in the Constitution (1980)
  • The Myth of Democracy (1989)
  • Politicians and Other Scoundrels (1992)
  • The Natural Depravity of Mankind (1994)

References

1. ^{{cite news|last1=Saxon|first1=Wolfgang|title=F. Lundberg, 92, Author Who Wrote of the Rich|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1995/03/03/obituaries/f-lundberg-92-author-who-wrote-of-the-rich.html|accessdate=February 20, 2017|work=The New York Times|date=March 3, 1995}}
2. ^{{cite news|last1=Kirsch|first1=Jonathan|title=A Lundberg Attack on Democracy|url=http://articles.latimes.com/1989-10-18/news/vw-4_1_ferdinand-lundberg|accessdate=February 20, 2017|work=Los Angeles Times|date=October 18, 1989}}
3. ^{{cite news|title=Imperial Hearst|url=https://www.foreignaffairs.com/reviews/capsule-review/1936-07-01/imperial-hearst|work=Foreign Affairs}}
4. ^{{cite web|last1=Robbins|first1=Christopher|title=Robert Caro Wonders What New York Is Going To Become|url=http://gothamist.com/2016/02/17/robert_caro_author_interview.php|website=The Gothamist|accessdate=February 18, 2016|date=February 17, 2016|quote=Ferdinand Lundberg wrote a book in the '30s that was one of the greatest examples of political reporting. It's called America's 60 Families. ... It's about how 60 families controlled 95 percent of the wealth in the United States. I came across that book as I was researching the robber barons and I thought it was the greatest book.|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170104210627/http://gothamist.com/2016/02/17/robert_caro_author_interview.php|archivedate=January 4, 2017 }}
5. ^{{cite news|last1=Caro|first1=Robert|title=Sanctum Sanctorum for Writers|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1995/05/19/books/sanctum-sanctorum-for-writers.html?pagewanted=all|accessdate=December 18, 2016|work=The New York Times|date=May 19, 1995|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170104210821/http://www.nytimes.com/1995/05/19/books/sanctum-sanctorum-for-writers.html?pagewanted=all|archivedate=January 4, 2017}}
6. ^{{cite news|last1=Bender|first1=Marylin|title=The Businessmen Who Read Business Books|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1974/05/19/archives/the-businessmen-who-read-business-books-executive-fare-is-clue-to.html|accessdate=February 17, 2017|work=The New York Times|date=May 19, 1974}}
7. ^{{cite book|last1=Horowitz|first1=Daniel|title=Betty Friedan and the Making of The Feminine Mystique: The American Left, the Cold War, and Modern Feminism|date=2000|publisher=University of Massachusetts Press|isbn=1558492763|page=193|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=szJCHwWNwp8C&pgm5seZ-J_SAhWLrlQKHRJEDFoQ6AEIITAC}}

Other sources

  • Benson, Adolph B. and Naboth Hedin, eds. (1938) Swedes in America, 1638-1938 (The Swedish American Tercentenary Association. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press) {{ISBN|978-0-8383-0326-9}}
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