Mandarins of the Future: Modernization Theory in Cold War America

by Nils Gilman

Book Overview

Ideas about how to "modernize," particularly when developed countries apply them to countries less fortunate, clearly have consequences, intended and unintended. Modernization theory must be among the most important constructs of the twentieth century, certainly in the story of the social sciences. Nils Gilman here offers the first (or second) attempt to treat its development as a problem in intellectual history. The dimensions of the problem call...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801886333
• ISBN13: 9780801886331
• Release Date: February 2007
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Length: 344 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.8" x 9.3"
• Age Range: 22 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher