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Author:

Staples, Amy L. S., 1969-

Title:

The birth of development : how the World Bank, Food and Agriculture Organization, and World Health Organization changed the world, 1945-1965 / Amy L.S. Staples.

Publisher:

Kent State University Press,

Copyright Date:

c2006

Description:

xvi, 349 p. ; 25 cm.

Subject:

World Bank--History--20th century.
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations--History--20th century.
World Health Organization--History--20th century.
Economic assistance--History--20th century.
Food supply--History--History--20th century.
Agricultural assistance--History--20th century.
Medical assistance--History--20th century.
World Bank.
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
World Health Organization.
International Agencies--history.
International Cooperation--history.
History, 20th Century.
Organisation des Nations Unies pour l'alimentation et l'agriculture--Histoire--20e siècle.
Banque mondiale--Histoire--20e siècle.
Organisation mondiale de la santé--Histoire--20e siècle.
Aide économique américaine--Histoire--20e siècle.
Aide sanitaire--Histoire--20e siècle.
Aliments--Histoire--Coopération internationale--Histoire--20e siècle.
Assistance agricole--Histoire--20e siècle.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 195-337) and index.

Contents:

The birth of development -- Constructing an international economic worldview -- The World Bank and development, 1945-1963 -- The international economic diplomacy of the World Bank -- Food and agriculture in the international realm -- The limits of internationalism : the Food and Agriculture Organization, 1946-1957 -- Redefining an international role for the Food and Agriculture Organization -- The growth of international cooperation in medicine -- Constructing international authority in the World Health Organization -- Exercising international authority : the malaria eradication program -- Conclusion.

Series:

New studies in U.S. foreign relations ; 1

ISBN:

9780873388498 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0873388496 (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN:

2005017208

Locations:

OIAX792 -- Grinnell College (Grinnell)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

OTAX626 -- Wilcox Library (Oskaloosa)

OMAX631 -- Geisler Learning Resource Cntr (Pella)

PQAX094 -- Wartburg College - Vogel Library (Waverly)