ISBN:
0674735838
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9780674735835
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (x, 253 pages)
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illustrations
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Immerwahr, Daniel, 1980- Thinking small
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Immerwahr, Daniel, 1980- Thinking small
DDC:
307.1/40973
Keywords:
POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / City Planning & Urban Development
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HISTORY / United States / 20th Century
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Community development
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Economic assistance, American
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Rural development projects
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Community development History
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Community development History
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Economic assistance, American History
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Rural development projects History
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Rural development projects History
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Gemeinwesenarbeit
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Entwicklungshilfe
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USA
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USA
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Entwicklungshilfe
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Gemeinwesenarbeit
Description / Table of Contents:
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
Note:
Print version record
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In English
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