Which of the following authors attacked the corporate conformity that was said to be destroying American creativity in the 1950s?

David Riesman

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William H. Whyte

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John Kenneth Galbraith

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The correct option is A William H. Whyte
Whyte was born in West Chester, Pennsylvania, in 1917. Following his graduating from Princeton University and service in the Marine Corps, he joined the staff of Fortune magazine in 1946. After his book The Organization Man (1956), which was based on his articles about corporate culture and the suburban middle class, sold over two million copies, Whyte turned to issues of sprawl and urban.

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