Global Development - (America in the World) by Sara Lorenzini (Hardcover)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>In this sweeping and incisive work, Lorenzini provides a global history of development, drawing on a wealth of archival evidence to offer a panoramic and multifaceted portrait of a Cold War phenomenon that transformed the modern world.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p>In the Cold War, development was a catchphrase that came to signify progress, modernity, and economic growth. Development aid was closely aligned with the security concerns of the great powers, for whom infrastructure and development projects were ideological tools for conquering hearts and minds around the globe, from Europe and Africa to Asia and Latin America. In this sweeping and incisive book, Sara Lorenzini provides a global history of development, drawing on a wealth of archival evidence to offer a panoramic and multifaceted portrait of a Cold War phenomenon that transformed the modern world. <p/>Taking readers from the aftermath of the Second World War to the tearing down of the Berlin Wall, Lorenzini shows how development projects altered local realities, transnational interactions, and even ideas about development itself. She shines new light on the international organizations behind these projects--examining their strategies and priorities and assessing the actual results on the ground--and she also gives voice to the recipients of development aid. Lorenzini shows how the Cold War shaped the global ambitions of development on both sides of the Iron Curtain, and how international organizations promoted an unrealistically harmonious vision of development that did not reflect local and international differences. <p/>An unparalleled journey into the political, intellectual, and economic history of the twentieth century, this book presents a global perspective on Cold War development, demonstrating how its impacts are still being felt today.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>Lorenzini . . . not interested in praising or denouncing the development enterprise, but rather in historicizing it, considering its origins, how it has changed over time, and how scholars can go about studying it. That alone makes these volumes welcome and timely.<b>---Artemy M. Kalinovsky, <i>Journal of Contemporary History</i></b><br><br>As the best global intellectual and political history of development available, Lorenzini's book should become the standard assignment in classes on the history of development. . . . It deserves wide readership.<b>---Nils Gilman, <i>H-Diplo RoundtableXXI-41</i></b><br><br>The best global intellectual and political history of development available.<b>---Nils Gilman, <i>H-Diplo</i></b><br><br>[Sara] Lorenzini . . . presents an in-depth analysis of the process of global development based on national and regional archives and published sources. . . . This well-researched and illuminating book is an essential contribution to the history of postwar global development.<b>---D. A. Chekki, <i>Choice</i></b><br><br>In this impressive history, Lorenzini traces the journey of development thinking from its nineteenth-century origins through its entanglements in the great geopolitical struggles of the twentieth century.<b>---G. John Ikenberry, <i>Foreign Affairs</i></b><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><b>Sara Lorenzini </b>is associate professor of international history in the School of International Studies at the University of Trento in Italy.
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