the United States and the lure of community development /
First Statement of Responsibility
Daniel Immerwahr
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
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x, 253 pages :
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illustrations ;
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25 cm
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references and index
CONTENTS NOTE
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Preface: Modernization, development, and community -- Introduction: Actually existing localism -- When small was big -- Development without modernization -- Peasantville -- Grassroots empire -- Urban villages -- Epilogue: What is dead and what is undead in community development?
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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Daniel Immerwahr tells how the United States sought to rescue the world from poverty through small-scale, community-based approaches. He also sounds a warning: such strategies, now again in vogue, have been tried before, alongside grander moderization schemes--with often disastrous consequences as self-help gave way to crushing local oppression
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Community development-- Developing countries-- History
Community development-- United States-- History
Economic assistance, American-- Developing countries-- History
Rural development projects-- Developing countries-- History
Rural development projects-- United States-- History