Rotary International and the Selling of American Capitalism /

Rotary International and the Selling of American Capitalism / / Brendan Goff.

A new history of Rotary International shows how the organization reinforced capitalist values and cultural practices at home and tried to remake the world in the idealized image of Main Street America. Rotary International was born in Chicago in 1905. By the time World War II was over, the organizat...

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Goff, Brendan,
Place / Publishing House:Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2021]
©2021
Year of Publication:2021
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (320 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • Introduction The Civic Internationalism of Main Street
  • 1 Cooperation among Gentlemen Main Street Meets the World
  • 2 No Foreigners Allowed The World Meets Main Street
  • 3 The Elimination of Differences Main Street Meets Tokyo
  • 4 Through Earthquake and Fire Tokyo Meets Main Street
  • 5 Under the Shadow of Rotary When Main Streets Compete
  • 6 Trailing along through Asia Main Street Comes Full Circle
  • Conclusion From Here On!
  • Notes
  • Acknowledgments
  • Index

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