ISBN: 9780231146289

1st edition hardback in very good condition.Dust jacket is in very good condition with minimal shelf ware. Text is clean- no notes wrinting, marks, etc. The top corners of pages 269/270 &… Mehr…

1st edition hardback in very good condition.Dust jacket is in very good condition with minimal shelf ware. Text is clean- no notes wrinting, marks, etc. The top corners of pages 269/270 & 271/272 are creased from being previously turned down. 1st edition hardback in very good condition.Dust jacket is in very good condition with minimal shelf ware. Text is clean- no notes wrinting, marks, etc. The top corners of pages 269/270 & 271/272 are creased from being previously turned down.Do not hesitate to contact me if you have any questions about this book. Inderjeet Parmar reveals the complex interrelations, shared mindsets, and collaborative efforts of influential public and private organizations in the building of American hegemony. Focusing on the involvement of the Ford, Rockefeller, and Carnegie foundations in U.S. foreign affairs, Parmar traces the transformation of America from an "isolationist" nation into the world's only superpower, all in the name of benevolent stewardship. Parmar begins in the 1920s with the establishment of these foundations and their system of top-down, elitist, scientific giving, which focused more on managing social, political, and economic change than on solving modern society's structural problems. Consulting rare documents and other archival materials, he recounts how the American intellectuals, academics, and policy makers affiliated with these organizations institutionalized such elitism, which then bled into the machinery of U.S. foreign policy and became regarded as the essence of modernity. America hoped to replace Britain in the role of global hegemon and created the necessary political, ideological, military, and institutional capacity to do so, yet far from being objective, the Ford, Rockefeller, and Carnegie foundations often advanced U.S. interests at the expense of other nations. Incorporating case studies of American philanthropy in Nigeria, Chile, and Indonesia, Parmar boldly exposes the knowledge networks underwriting American dominance in the twentieth century. , Sehr gut, Festpreisangebot, [LT: FixedPrice], Bestes Angebot, [LT: BestOffer], Book Title: Foundations of the American Century: The Ford, Carnegie, and Rock, Narrative Type: Non-Fiction, Original Language: English, Item Length: 16 cm, Edition: First Edition, Features: Dust Jacket, Genre: International Political Institutions, 21st Century U.S. History, Topic: International Political Institutions, 21st Century U.S. History, Country/Region of Manufacture: United States, Unit Quantity: 1, Item Weight: 650 g, Publication Year: 2012, Type: Textbook, Format: Hardcover, Publication Name: Foundations of the American Century: The Ford, Carnegie, and Rockefeller Foundations in the Rise of American Power, Item Height: 229mm, Item Width: 152mm, Subject: Government, History, Number of Pages: 368 Pages, Columbia University Press<