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Perspectives on the History of Global Development / / ed. by Iris Borowy, Corinna R. Unger, Nicholas Ferns, Jack Loveridge



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Titolo: Perspectives on the History of Global Development / / ed. by Iris Borowy, Corinna R. Unger, Nicholas Ferns, Jack Loveridge Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: München ; ; Wien : , : De Gruyter Oldenbourg, , [2022]
©2022
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (VI, 270 p.)
Disciplina: 338.9009
Soggetto topico: Economic development - History - Study and teaching
Economic development - History
HISTORY / Social History
Soggetto non controllato: Development
Historiography
Persona (resp. second.): AbdallahSaamah
BorowyIris
CooperFrederick
CullatherNick
DalyHerman
DiefenbacherHans
D’SouzaRohan
FernsNicholas
FreemanDena
HelleinerEric
KalinovskyArtemy M.
KrössVerena
LoveridgeJack
MacekuraStephen
RempelRuth
UngerCorinna R.
Karma Ura <1961->
ZanasiMargherita
Nota di contenuto: 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
Sommario/riassunto: What is development, what has it been in the past, and what can 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?
Titolo autorizzato: Perspectives on the History of Global Development  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 3-11-073023-5
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 996492065503316
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Serie: Yearbook for the History of Global Development