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Letiche John M. <1918-> |
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Titolo |
Crises and compassion [[electronic resource] ] : from Russia to the Golden Gate / / John M. Letiche |
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Montreal, : McGill-Queen's University Press, 2011 |
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1-283-52922-X |
9786613841674 |
0-7735-8649-0 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (270 p.) |
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Collana |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Economists - United States |
College teachers - California - Berkeley |
Economics teachers - California - Berkeley |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [219]-237) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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1 My Youth in Soviet Russia -- 2 Leaving Soviet Russia -- 3 My Father's Empires -- 4 A Graduate and the Gauntlet -- 5 A Seminal Sojourn -- 6 At the Council on Foreign Relations, New York City -- 7 Coming West: The Berkeley Environment 1946-1951 -- 8 A Landmark Visit to Europe -- 9 Berkeley in Uproar -- 10 Working in Africa: The Sterling Area and Ethiopia -- 11 Working in Africa: The Franc Zone -- 12 Dinner at the White House -- 13 Concluding Observations: The Short Term and the Long. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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The influential life of a leading Berkeley scholar who served as an adviser to the United Nations and American and African governments. |
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