Staging Growth: Modernization and the Global Cold War
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Overview
Situating the examination within the context of the Cold War, 10 issues thematically explore historical issues of modernization and development in a variety of settings. The papers first look at American formulations of the ideas before turning their attention to the way non-Western countries contests modernization. Topics discussed include the role of U.S. overseas propaganda in the ideology of modernization, colonial and anticolonial development ideologies in Mozambique, and the view of modernization promoted by South Korean intellectuals. Annotation (c)2003 Book News, Inc., Portland, ORSynopsis
Situating the examination within the context of the Cold War, 10 issues thematically explore historical issues of modernization and development in a variety of settings. The papers first look at American formulations of the ideas before turning their attention to the way non-Western countries contests modernization. Topics discussed include the role of U.S. overseas propaganda in the ideology of modernization, colonial and anticolonial development ideologies in Mozambique, and the view of modernization promoted by South Korean intellectuals. Annotation (c)2003 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
H-Diplo
Taken as a whole, 'Staging Growth' offers readers quite useful portraits of the many directions scholars have taken the study of modernization theory. . . .'Staging Growth' is praiseworthy scholarship and should find a wide audience among foreign relations scholars and is suitable for upper-division undergraduate and graduate courses on international history, foreign relations, and cultural history.