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Record Nr.

UNINA9910815102603321

Autore

Latham Michael E

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chapel Hill, : University of North Carolina Press, c2000

ISBN

979-88-908679-3-3

0-8078-6079-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (302 p.)

Collana

New Cold War history

Disciplina

327.73

Soggetti

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

United States Foreign relations 1961-1963

Developing countries Economic conditions

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. [243]-268) and index.

Nota di contenuto

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;

Sommario/riassunto

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.