"My Years with General Motors" as Cultural Artifact Analytical Essay by Top Papers

The paper relates that few corporate leaders enjoyed the breath-taking success of Alfred P. Sloan, Jr., as he presided over the ascendance of General Motors to a pre-eminent position in global business. The paper loooks at how Sloan's 1963 autobiography, "My Years at General Motors", is an attempt by the long-serving CEO to remind readers of his greatness, the greatness of his company, and the greatness, the dynamism, of the American automotive sector. The paper examines how one of the text's more fascinating chapters, "Evolution of the Automobile," is a glimpse into America in 1963. The paper clearly shows how Sloan's autobiography is a glimpse of a time when the United States was unapologetic, enormously prideful, and its automotive industry was, far and wide, the dominant one in the world.