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Record Nr.

UNINA9910458460403321

Autore

Gilman Nils <1971->

Titolo

Mandarins of the future [[electronic resource] ] : modernization theory in Cold War America / / Nils Gilman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Baltimore, : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2003

ISBN

0-8018-8159-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (344 p.)

Collana

New studies in American intellectual and cultural history

Disciplina

303.44/01

Soggetti

Postcolonialism

Social change - Philosophy

Social change - Developing countries

Economic development - Philosophy

National characteristics, American

Liberalism - United States - History - 20th century

Electronic books.

United States Intellectual life 20th century

Developing countries Economic policy

United States Politics and government 1945-1989

United States Foreign relations 1945-1989

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [277]-319) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction : modernization theory and American modernism -- Contests : the European past and the American present -- The Harvard Department of Social Relations -- SSRC's Committee on Comparative Politics -- The MIT Center for International Studies -- The collapse of modernization theory -- The postmodern turn and the aftermath of modernization theory.