The Great American Mission: Modernization and the Construction of an American World Order
(Part of the America in the World Series)
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The Great American Mission traces how America's global modernization efforts during the twentieth century were a means to remake the world in its own image. David Ekbladh shows that the emerging concept of modernization combined existing development ideas from the Depression. He describes how ambitious New Deal programs like the Tennessee Valley Authority became symbols of American liberalism's ability to marshal the social sciences, state planning,...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0691133301
ISBN13:9780691133300
Release Date:November 2009
Publisher:Princeton University Press
Length:384 Pages
Weight:1.60 lbs.
Dimensions:1.3" x 6.0" x 9.3"
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