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Autore |
Cobbs Hoffman Elizabeth |
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Titolo |
All you need is love [[electronic resource] ] : the Peace Corps and the spirit of the 1960s / / Elizabeth Cobbs Hoffman |
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Cambridge, Mass., : Harvard University Press, 2000, c1998 |
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Edizione |
[1st Harvard University Press pbk. ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (viii, 306 p. ) : ill |
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Soggetti |
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HISTORY / United States / 20th Century |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [265]-296) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Frontmatter -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Prologue -- 1 Love and Youth in a Brave New World -- 2 Shriver Hits the Ground Running -- 3 Peace Corps Cousins -- 4 The Cold War versus Decolonization -- 5 The Hero's Adventure -- 6 Ghana -- 7 Slippery Slopes -- 8 Under Attack -- 9 The Peace Corps Dilemma -- 10 Balancing Ideals and Self-Interest -- Appendix: Peace Corps Data -- Notes -- Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Traversing four decades and three continents, this story of the Peace Corps and the people and politics behind it is a fascinating look at American idealism at work amid the hard political realities of the second half of the twentieth century. |
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