Download or read book Technocracy and the American Dream written by William E. Akin and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 1977 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study focuses on the genesis and development of the Technocrats' philosophy, and describes the movement's initial popularity in 1932 abd 1933, and its rapid decline as a result of the Technocrats' failure to develop a political philosophy which could reconcile their technological aristocracy with democracy.