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Table of 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.

Author/Creator:

Gilman, Nils, 1971-

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Main Work:

Mandarins of the future: modernization theory in Cold War America [by Gilman, N.]

Related Series:

New studies in American intellectual and cultural history

Subjects:

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

1900-1999

Social change

Economic development

Liberalism

Intellectual life

Economic policy

Politics and government

Diplomatic relations

United States

Developing countries

Genres:

History

General Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [277]-319) and index.

Physical Description:

xi, 329 pages ; 24 cm.

Call Numbers:

E169.12 .G55 2003

ISBNs:

0801873991 (alk. paper)

Library of Congress Control Numbers:

2002156769

OCLC Numbers:

51445801