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UNISA996492065503316 |
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Titolo |
Perspectives on the History of Global Development / / ed. by Iris Borowy, Corinna R. Unger, Nicholas Ferns, Jack Loveridge |
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München ; ; Wien : , : De Gruyter Oldenbourg, , [2022] |
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©2022 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (VI, 270 p.) |
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Collana |
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Yearbook for the History of Global Development , , 2702-1327 ; ; 1 |
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Soggetti |
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Economic development - History - Study and teaching |
Economic development - History |
HISTORY / Social History |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Frontmatter -- Table of Contents -- Introduction -- I Development and History (ed. Corinna R. Unger and Nicholas Ferns) -- Globalizing Development: A View from Late Imperial China -- Where Did the Idea of International Development Come From? Looking Beyond the Industrialized Core -- Entangled Histories of “Development,” “development,” and “Christian development” -- Development, Modernization, and the Remaking of an Imperial World Order -- Which Speeches Matter? Reflections on the Invention of Development -- II Measuring Development (ed. Corinna R. Unger and Jack Loveridge) -- The Historiography of Measuring Development -- Numbers in Space: Measuring Living Standards and Regional Inequality in the Soviet Union -- Profitability Through Quantification: The World Bank and Rural Development in the 1970s -- Was the Large Dam a “Modern Temple”? Taking Stock of India’s Development Tryst with the Bhakra-Nangal -- III Forum: Alternative Development Indices (ed. Iris Borowy and Corinna R. Unger) -- A Note on the Historical Origins of ISEW-GPI -- The Origins of the National Welfare Index (NWI) -- GNH-Led Development in Bhutan -- The Happy Planet Index -- Commentary: The New Epicureans -- List of contributors |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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What is development, what has it been in the past, and what can |
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historians learn from studying the history of development? How has the field of the history of development evolved over time, and where should it be going in the future? |
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