Mandarins of the Future: Modernization Theory in Cold War America
(Part of the New Studies in American Intellectual and Cultural History Series)
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Because it provided the dominant framework for "development" of poor, postcolonial countries, modernization theory ranks among the most important constructs of twentieth-century social science. In Mandarins of the Future: Modernization Theory in Cold War America Nils Gilman offers the first intellectual history of a movement that has had far-reaching and often unintended consequences. After a survey of the theory's origins and its...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0801886333
ISBN13:9780801886331
Release Date:February 2007
Publisher:Johns Hopkins University Press
Length:344 Pages
Weight:1.15 lbs.
Dimensions:1.0" x 5.8" x 9.3"
Age Range:22 years and up
Grade Range:Postsecondary and higher
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