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035 _a(DE-B1597)9781400833740
035 _a(DE-B1597)453695
035 _a(OCoLC)979592900
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072 7 _aHIS036060
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082 0 4 _a338.9173
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084 _aonline - DeGruyter
100 1 _aEkbladh, David
_eautore
245 1 4 _aThe Great American Mission :
_bModernization and the Construction of an American World Order /
_cDavid Ekbladh.
250 _aCourse Book
264 1 _aPrinceton, NJ :
_bPrinceton University Press,
_c[2011]
264 4 _c©2009
300 _a1 online resource (408 p.) :
_b17 halftones.
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
347 _atext file
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490 0 _aAmerica in the World ;
_v6
505 0 0 _tFrontmatter --
_tCONTENTS --
_tILLUSTRATIONS --
_tACKNOWLEDGMENTS --
_tABBREVIATIONS --
_tINTRODUCTION --
_t1. THE RISE OF AN AMERICAN STYLE OF DEVELOPMENT, 1914-1937 --
_t2. THE ONLY ROAD FOR MANKIND --
_t3. A GOSPEL OF LIBERALISM --
_t4. "THE PROVING GROUND" --
_t5. "THE GREAT AMERICAN MISSION" --
_t6. A TVA ON THE MEKONG --
_t7. "EVERYTHING IS GOING WRONG" --
_t8. NEW DEVELOPMENTS --
_tNOTES --
_tBIBLIOGRAPHY --
_tINDEX
506 0 _arestricted access
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520 _aThe 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 geopolitical importance as the United States grappled with these threats. After World War II, modernization remained a means to contain the growing influence of the Soviet Union. Ekbladh demonstrates how U.S.-led nation-building efforts in global hot spots, enlisting an array of nongovernmental groups and international organizations, were a basic part of American strategy in the Cold War. However, a close connection to the Vietnam War and the upheavals of the 1960s would discredit modernization. The end of the Cold War further obscured modernization's mission, but many of its assumptions regained prominence after September 11 as the United States moved to contain new threats. Using new sources and perspectives, The Great American Mission offers new and challenging interpretations of America's ideological motivations and humanitarian responsibilities abroad.
530 _aIssued also in print.
538 _aMode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
546 _aIn English.
588 0 _aDescription based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 29. Jul 2021)
650 0 _aEconomic assistance, American
_xHistory.
650 0 _aEconomic development
_zUnited States
_xHistory.
650 0 _aIndustrial policy
_zUnited States
_xHistory.
650 7 _aHISTORY / United States / 20th Century.
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850 _aIT-RoAPU
856 4 0 _uhttps://doi.org/10.1515/9781400833740
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781400833740
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