Echoes from ‘Zenith:’ Reactions of American Businessmen to Babbitt

Perhaps no American novel has cut businessmen so unremittingly as Sinclair Lewis' Babbitt. Yet at the time of its appearance in 1922 reactions were surprisingly mixed. As an introduction to the persistence of “Babbittry” in the United States — in. life as in the lexicon of invective — the passi...

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Published in:	Business history review Vol. 41; no. 2; pp. 123 - 140
Main Author:	Hines, Thomas S.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	New York, USA Cambridge University Press 01-01-1967 Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration Harvard University Graduate School of Business Administration
Subjects:	Business Business communities Business history Businesspeople Chambers of commerce Literary criticism Real estate Real estate industry Service organizations Stereotypes
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Summary:	Perhaps no American novel has cut businessmen so unremittingly as Sinclair Lewis' Babbitt. Yet at the time of its appearance in 1922 reactions were surprisingly mixed. As an introduction to the persistence of “Babbittry” in the United States — in. life as in the lexicon of invective — the passions aroused during the first decade of “George Babbitt's” life bear review.
Bibliography:	ark:/67375/6GQ-MSRNQ26M-S istex:38D544F3D9286337E697595C080BD6453FD82EAB PII:S0007680500011156 ArticleID:01115
ISSN:	0007-6805 2044-768X
DOI:	10.2307/3112563