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The Great American Mission: Modernization and the Construction of an American World Order
David Ekbladh
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Paperback. Traces how America's global modernization efforts during the twentieth century were a means to remake the world in its own image. This title shows that the emerging concept of modernization combined existing development ideas from the Depression. Series: America in the World. Num Pages: 408 pages, 17 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 162 x 25. Weight in Grams: 596.
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, civil society, and technology to produce extensive social and economic change. For proponents, it became a valuable weapon to check the influence of menacing ideologies such as Fascism and Communism. Modernization took on profound ... Read more
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, civil society, and technology to produce extensive social and economic change. For proponents, it became a valuable weapon to check the influence of menacing ideologies such as Fascism and Communism. Modernization took on profound ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
408
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Series
America in the World
Condition
New
Weight
629g
Number of Pages
408
Place of Publication
New Jersey, United States
ISBN
9780691152455
SKU
V9780691152455
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About David Ekbladh
David Ekbladh is assistant professor of history at Tufts University.
Reviews for The Great American Mission: Modernization and the Construction of an American World Order
Winner of the 2011 Stuart L. Bernath Book Prize, Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations Winner of the 2010 Best First Book Award, Phi Alpha Theta In this important book, Ekbladh provides one of the most compelling portraits yet of the liberal ideas that guide U.S. foreign policy... Even though the liberal vision of modernization lost appeal amid ... Read more