| Description |
1 online resource (xvi, 386 pages) : illustrations, map |
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America in the world |
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America in the world.
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| Contents |
Cover; The Great American Mission; Title; Copyright; Dedication; CONTENTS; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; List of Abbreviations; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER 1; The Rise of an American Style of Development, 1914-1937; CHAPTER 2; The Only Road for Mankind: "Modernisation" to Meetthe Challenge of Totalitarianism, 1933-1944; CHAPTER 3; A Gospel of Liberalism: Point Four and Modernization asNational Policy, 1943-1952; CHAPTER 4; "The Proving Ground": Modernization and U.S. Policy in Northeast Asia, 1945-1960; CHAPTER 5 |
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"The Great American Mission": Modernization andthe United States in the World, 1952-1960CHAPTER 6; A TVA on the Mekong: Modernization at War in SoutheastAsia, 1960-1973; CHAPTER 7; "Everything Is Going Wrong": The Crisis of Development and the End of the Postwar Consensus; CHAPTER 8; New Developments: From the Cold War to the "War on Terror"; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
| Summary |
The Great American Mission traces how America's global modernization efforts during the twentieth century were a means to remake the world in its own image. David Ekbladh shows that the emerging concept of modernization combined existing development ideas from the Depression. He describes how ambitious New Deal programs like the Tennessee Valley Authority became symbols of American liberalism's ability to marshal the social sciences, state planning, civil society, and technology to produce extensive social and economic change. For proponents, it became a valuable weapon to check the influence |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
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Economic development -- United States -- History
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Economic assistance, American -- History
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Industrial policy -- United States -- History
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Development -- Business Development.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Development -- Economic Development.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Development -- General.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Government & Business.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Structural Adjustment.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Economic Policy.
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HISTORY -- World.
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Economic assistance, American
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Economic development
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Industrial policy
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International economic relations
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Diplomatic relations
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Geopolitik
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Internationale Politik
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Politische Kultur
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Weltordnung
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Internationale orde.
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Economische ontwikkeling.
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Buitenlandse betrekkingen.
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Wirtschaftsentwicklung.
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Wirtschaftsbeziehungen.
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Weltordnung.
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| SUBJECT |
United States -- Foreign economic relations.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140052
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United States -- Foreign relations.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140058
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United States
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USA
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Verenigde Staten.
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USA.
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2009014451 |
| ISBN |
9781400833740 |
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1400833744 |
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9786613339751 |
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661333975X |
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1283339757 |
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9781283339759 |
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