Mandarins of the future : modernization theory in Cold War America

Mandarins of the future : modernization theory in Cold War America / Nils Gilman.

Author/creator	Gilman, Nils, 1971-
Format	Book and Print
Publication Info	Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2003.
Description	xi, 329 pages ; 24 cm.
Subject(s)	Postcolonialism. Social change--Philosophy. Social change--Developing countries. Economic development--Philosophy. National characteristics, American. Liberalism--United States --History --20th century. United States--Intellectual life --20th century. Developing countries--Economic policy. United States--Politics and government --1945-1989. United States--Foreign relations --1945-1989.

Series	New studies in American intellectual and cultural history New studies in American intellectual and cultural history. ^A260366
Contents	Modernization theory and American modernism -- From the European past to the American present -- The Harvard Department of Social Relations and the intellectual origins of modernization theory -- The rise of modernization theory in political science : the SSRC's Committee on Comparative Politics -- Modernization theory as a foreign policy doctrine : the MIT Center for International Studies -- The collapse of modernization theory -- The postmodern turn and the aftermath of modernization theory.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (p. [277]-319) and index.
LCCN	2002156769
ISBN	0801873991 (acid-free paper)

Library	Location	Call Number	Status	Item Actions
Joyner	General Stacks	E169.12 .G55 2003	✔ Available	Place Hold