Raising the World : : Child Welfare in the American Century / / Sara Fieldston.
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 e...
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Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2015 |
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Place / Publishing House: | Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2015] ©2015 |
Year of Publication: | 2015 |
Language: | English |
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (328 p.) |
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Other title: | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Author's Note -- Prologue: Tales of Love and Global Power -- 1. Manufacturing the Citizens of the World -- 2. Reading Dr. Spock in Postwar Eu rope and Japan -- 3. Building International Friendship in an Orphan Age -- 4. Raising Little Cold Warriors -- 5. Forging the Free Child's Armor -- 6. Training the Natives of the Future -- 7. Challenging the Global Parent -- 8. Globalizing a Happy Childhood -- Epilogue: Raising Children, Uplifting the World -- Abbreviations -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index |
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Summary: | 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. |
Format: | Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. |
ISBN: | 9780674425507 9783110439687 9783110438635 9783110665901 |
DOI: | 10.4159/9780674425507 |
Access: | restricted access |
Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
Statement of Responsibility: | Sara Fieldston. |