Title Modernization as ideology : American social science and "nation-building" in the Kennedy era / Michael E. Latham

Published Chapel Hill, N.C. : University of North Carolina Press, 2000

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Description xii, 288 pages ; 24 cm Series New Cold War history New Cold War history. Contents Foreword; Acknowledgments; 1. Modernization as Ideology; 2. American Social Science, Modernization Theory, and the Cold War; 3. Modernity, Anticommunism, and the Alliance for Progress; 4. Modernization for Peace; 5. Modernization at War; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index Summary A discussion of the intellectual and cultural dimensions of the Cold War, revealing how social science theory helped shape American foreign policy during the Kennedy administration. It demonstrates how the concept of global modernization became a motivating ideology behind policy decisions Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record Subject Alliance for Progress. Peace Corps (U.S.) Nation-building. Economic development -- Developing countries -- History -- 20th century. Social sciences -- Political aspects -- United States -- History -- 20th century. Nationalism -- United States -- History -- 20th century. Social change -- Developing countries -- History -- 20th century. Economic development projects -- Vietnam -- History -- 20th century. SUBJECT Developing countries -- Economic conditions. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85037344 United States -- Foreign relations -- 1961-1963. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140100 Genre/Form History. Author EBSCOhost LC no. 99035517 ISBN 0807825336 0807848441

Other Titles Nation building in the Kennedy era American social science

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