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Author	Parmar, Inderjeet.
Title	Foundations of the American century : the Ford, Carnegie, and Rockefeller Foundations in the rise of American power / Inderjeet Parmar.
Publication Info.	New York : Columbia University Press, c2012.

Location	Call No.	Status
Stack 3	327.73 P	IN LIBRARY

Description	ix, 356 p. ; 24 cm.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (p. [267]-339) and index.
Contents	The significance of foundations in U.S. foreign policy -- American foundation leaders -- Laying the foundations of globalism, 1930-1945 -- Promoting Americanism, combating anti-Americanism, and developing a Cold War American Studies Network -- The Ford foundation in Indonesia and the Asian Studies Network -- Ford, Rockefeller, and Carnegie in Nigeria and the African Studies Network -- The major foundations, Latin American studies, and Chile in the Cold War -- American power and the major foundations in the post-cold war era.
Subject	Ford Foundation -- History.
	Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching -- History.
	Rockefeller Foundation -- History.
	Nonprofit organizations -- United States -- History.
	Humanitarianism -- Political aspects -- United States -- History.
	United States -- Foreign relations -- 20th century.
Added Title	Ford, Carnegie, and Rockefeller Foundations in the rise of American power
ISBN	9780231146289 (cloth : alk. paper)
	0231146280 (cloth : alk. paper)
	9780231517935 (e-book)
	0231517939 (e-book)

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