DARTMOUTH AUTHORS
Richard B. Du Boff '55, Accumula-tion & Power: An Economic History of theUnited States (M. E. Sharpe, Inc.)—Bryn Mawr College Economics Professor Du Boff incorporates the theoretical perspectives of Keynes, Schumpeter, and Marx into his analysis of this coun- try's economic history. He identifies private investment as the prime force that shapes American economic de- velopment and demonstrates the power that corporations wield. He provides evidence for his conclusion that: "throughout the present century, the corporate sector has controlled well over half of the economy's resources and output, and it has been the chief arbiter of how we live, where we live, what we consume, whether we can find a job, how we get to work and what we do on the job, how we use our leisure time, what we read, and what we watch on television." Dußoff writes fre- quently on American economic his- tory, foreign policy, and the political economy of military spending.
William H. Davidow '57 and Bro Uttal, Total Customer Service: The Ulti-mate Weapon (Harper & Row)—Sub- subtitled "A Six-Point Plan for Giving Your Business the Competitive Edge in the 19905," this book argues that the battlefield of business has shifted from marketing, manufacturing, and quality to winning over the hearts and minds of consumers through customer service. The authors show why busi- nesses must concentrate on serving buyers well and how to do it. Davidow, a general partner at Mohr, Davidow Ventures in Menlo Park, California, has held senior marketing positions at Hewlett-Packard and Intel and is the author of Marketing High Technology.
Peter Golenbock '67, Personal Fouls:The Broken Promises and ShatteredDreams of Big Money Basketball at JimValvano's North Carolina State (Carroll & Graf)—"This is the book the State of North Carolina almost stopped you from reading." So declares the dust jacket of bestseller author Golenbock's latest offering. It's no wonder that North Carolina hackles rose: Golen- bock exposes the corruption, hypo- cracy, and broken dreams that were played out on North Carolina State basketball courts—and on courts throughout the country. One of this nation's most respected sports writ- ers, Golenbock manages to break through "The Code," which he says is the "unwritten but oft-stated law of the locker room that whatever hap- pens to [the athletes] or to their team- mates and coaches during the course of a season is taboo as a subject of con- versation with anyone except another teammate." His remedies against col- lege basketball's abuses include main- taining academic standards for play- ers, splitting television money among all NCAA schools, giving coaches ten- ure, and eliminating the NCAA's role as the farm system to the pros.
Billie Wright Dziech and Charles B.Schudson '72, On Trial: America'sCourts and Their Treatment of SexuallyAbused Children (Beacon Press)— Schudson, a Wisconsin Circuit Court judge and a national expert on the treatment of children in courtrooms, writes that in 1986 a judge's response to his presentation "Making Courts Safe for Children" was "When you started out, I thought you were crazy as hell. But you made sense." In this book, which the publisher notes is the first to examine how child victims and their families are often revictimized by the legal system that is supposed to help them, the authors expose the fail- ure of the American court to respond to children's special needs and abili- ties. Drawing on case histories of sex- ual-abuse trials, research on child de- velopment, and Schudson's own court- room techniques—such as using hand puppets to question children too fright- ened to respond to adults— the au- thors recommend extensive changes to the legal system's treatment of child witnesses.
Bruce A. Boyer 'B2, "Review by Means of Extraordinary Writs" in Illi-nois Civil Appeals Handbook, 1989 Edi-tion (Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education)—Chicago lawyer Boyer is on the board of directors of the Uptown People's Law Center, mm
