Modernization as ideology : American social science and "nation building" in the Kennedy era /

Latham, Michael E.

Modernization as ideology : American social science and "nation building" in the Kennedy era / Michael E. Latham. - Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, c2000. - xii, 288 p. ; 25 cm. - New Cold War history .

Includes bibliographical references (p. [243]-268) and index.

0807825336 (alk. paper) 0807848441 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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Alliance for Progress.
Peace Corps (U.S.)
Alianza para el Progreso--Estados Unidos.
Cuerpo de Paz--Estados Unidos.


Social sciences--Political aspects--History--United States--20th century.
Nationalism--History--United States--20th century.
Nation-building.
Social change--History--Developing countries--20th century.
Economic development projects--History--Vietnam--20th century.
Nacionalismo--Historia--Estados Unidos.


United States--Foreign relations--1961-1963.
Developing countries--Economic conditions.
Estados Unidos--Relaciones exteriores--1961-1963.

002 E 841 / L352m 2000

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