The essay discusses development as a Cold War project. It outlines how American modernization, Socialist modernity, and the European revival of the civilizing mission competed with one another. It examines the role of personalities in shaping development trajectories during the Cold War, with focusing on how leaders interpreted national priorities in big infrastructural projects. It finally explores development as worldmaking, zooming in on how international organizations became the place to promote alternative plans for global development and economic governance.

Global Development in the Cold War / Lorenzini, Sara. - In: ANNALI DELL'ISTITUTO STORICO ITALO-GERMANICO IN TRENTO. - ISSN 0392-0011. - STAMPA. - 47:1(2021), pp. 109-126. [10.7387/101168]

Global Development in the Cold War

Lorenzini Sara
2021-01-01

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The essay discusses development as a Cold War project. It outlines how American modernization, Socialist modernity, and the European revival of the civilizing mission competed with one another. It examines the role of personalities in shaping development trajectories during the Cold War, with focusing on how leaders interpreted national priorities in big infrastructural projects. It finally explores development as worldmaking, zooming in on how international organizations became the place to promote alternative plans for global development and economic governance.
2021
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Lorenzini, Sara
Global Development in the Cold War / Lorenzini, Sara. - In: ANNALI DELL'ISTITUTO STORICO ITALO-GERMANICO IN TRENTO. - ISSN 0392-0011. - STAMPA. - 47:1(2021), pp. 109-126. [10.7387/101168]
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