Raising the World
Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Political Science, International, International Relations, History, Americas, United States, 20th Century
| Author: | Sara Fieldston | ISBN: | 9780674425521 |
| Publisher: | Harvard University Press | Publication: | March 9, 2015 |
| Imprint: | Harvard University Press | Language: | English |
| Author: | Sara Fieldston |
| ISBN: | 9780674425521 |
| Publisher: | Harvard University Press |
| Publication: | March 9, 2015 |
| Imprint: | Harvard University Press |
| Language: | English |
Sara Fieldston shows how humanitarian child welfare agencies sponsored by Americans filtered political power through the prism of familial love after World War II. These well-meaning institutions shaped perceptions of the United States as the benevolent parent in a family of nations, and helped to expand American hegemony around the globe.
Sara Fieldston shows how humanitarian child welfare agencies sponsored by Americans filtered political power through the prism of familial love after World War II. These well-meaning institutions shaped perceptions of the United States as the benevolent parent in a family of nations, and helped to expand American hegemony around the globe.
