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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Michele AlacevichPublisher: Stanford University Press Imprint: Stanford University Press Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.476kg ISBN: 9780804760652ISBN 10: 0804760659 Pages: 216 Publication Date: 09 March 2009 Audience: General/trade , General , General Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsReviewsReaders interested in the nature of US hegemony--and its mix of hard material interests and justifying cognitive and normative ideas--will find plenty of interesting material herein. --Robert H. Wade, Enterprise and Society: The International Journal of Business History Alacevich describes vividly the disagreements and fighting that went on in the World Bank's first mission to Colombia. The Bank had to switch from European postwar reconstruction to development, and new vistas opened up. The story of these struggles is told in a masterly way, and is as gripping as a supremely well-told thriller. --Paul P. Streeten, Professor Emeritus, Boston University Author InformationMichele Alacevich is a researcher at the University of Palermo, Italy. He also serves as consulting historian to the World Bank. His main areas of research are the history of international relations, of economic development, and of development economics after World War II. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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