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Immerwahr, Daniel, 1980-

Thinking small : the United States and the lure of community development / Daniel Immerwahr. - 1 online resource (x, 253 pages) : illustrations

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Preface: Modernization, development, and community -- Introduction: Actually existing localism -- When small was big -- Development without modernization -- Peasantville -- Grassroots empire -- Urban villages -- Epilogue: What is dead and what is undead in community development?

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.

ISBN: 0674735838 9780674735835

Standard No.: 10.4159/harvard.9780674735835 doi

Source: 00011705 22573/ctt1349s5s JSTOR

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Community development--History.--United States
Community development--History.--Developing countries
Economic assistance, American--History.--Developing countries
Rural development projects--History.--United States
Rural development projects--History.--Developing countries
POLITICAL SCIENCE--Public Policy--City Planning & Urban Development.
HISTORY--United States--20th Century.
Community development.
Economic assistance, American.
Rural development projects.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Developing countries.
United States.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books.
History.

LC Class. No.: HN90.C6 / I44 2015eb

Dewey Class. No.: 307.1/40973