Mandarins of the future : modernization theory in Cold War America / Nils Gilman.

Author/creator Gilman, Nils, 1971-
Format Book
Publication InfoBaltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2003.
Descriptionxi, 329 pages ; 24 cm.
Subjects
Postcolonialism.
Social change--Philosophy.
Social change--Developing countries.
Economic development--Philosophy.
National characteristics, American.
Liberalism--United States. --History. --20th century.
United States--Intellectual life. --20th century.
Developing countries--Economic policy.
United States--Politics and government. --1945-1989.
United States--Foreign relations. --1945-1989.

SeriesNew studies in American intellectual and cultural history
New studies in American intellectual and cultural history. ^A260366
Contents Modernization theory and American modernism -- From the European past to the American present -- The Harvard Department of Social Relations and the intellectual origins of modernization theory -- The rise of modernization theory in political science : the SSRC's Committee on Comparative Politics -- Modernization theory as a foreign policy doctrine : the MIT Center for International Studies -- The collapse of modernization theory -- The postmodern turn and the aftermath of modernization theory.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [277]-319) and index.
LCCN 2002156769
ISBN0801873991 (acid-free paper)