Perspectives on the History of Global Development

book: Perspectives on the History of Global Development

Open Access Published by De Gruyter Oldenbourg 2022

Perspectives on the History of Global Development

Edited by: Corinna R. Unger , Nicholas Ferns , Jack Loveridge and Iris Borowy

Volume 1 in the series Yearbook for the History of Global Development

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110730234

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What is development, what has it been in the past, and what can historians learn from studying the history of development? How has the field of the history of development evolved over time, and where should it be going in the future?

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Iris Borowy, Shanghai University, China; Corinna Unger, European University Institute, Firenze, Italy.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	I
Table of Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	V
Introduction Iris Borowy, Nicholas Ferns, Jack Loveridge and Corinna R. Unger Open Access Download PDF	1
I Development and History (ed. Corinna R. Unger and Nicholas Ferns)
Globalizing Development: A View from Late Imperial China Margherita Zanasi Open Access Download PDF	15
Where Did the Idea of International Development Come From? Looking Beyond the Industrialized Core Eric Helleiner Open Access Download PDF	37
Entangled Histories of “Development,” “development,” and “Christian development” Dena Freeman Open Access Download PDF	59
Development, Modernization, and the Remaking of an Imperial World Order Frederick Cooper Open Access Download PDF	81
Which Speeches Matter? Reflections on the Invention of Development Ruth Rempel Open Access Download PDF	103
II Measuring Development (ed. Corinna R. Unger and Jack Loveridge)
The Historiography of Measuring Development Stephen Macekura Open Access Download PDF	131
Numbers in Space: Measuring Living Standards and Regional Inequality in the Soviet Union Artemy M. Kalinovsky Open Access Download PDF	155
Profitability Through Quantification: The World Bank and Rural Development in the 1970s Verena Kröss Open Access Download PDF	183
Was the Large Dam a “Modern Temple”? Taking Stock of India’s Development Tryst with the Bhakra-Nangal Rohan D’Souza Open Access Download PDF	205
III Forum: Alternative Development Indices (ed. Iris Borowy and Corinna R. Unger)
A Note on the Historical Origins of ISEW-GPI Herman Daly Open Access Download PDF	227
The Origins of the National Welfare Index (NWI) Hans Diefenbacher Open Access Download PDF	235
GNH-Led Development in Bhutan Karma Ura Open Access Download PDF	243
The Happy Planet Index Saamah Abdallah Open Access Download PDF	251
Commentary: The New Epicureans Nick Cullather Open Access Download PDF	259
List of contributors Open Access Download PDF	269

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter Oldenbourg
Audience: Historians and other scholars in the field of Development, librarians, students.
Pages
- Front matter: 6
- Main content: 270
Keywords: Development; Historiography

eBook

Published: October 24, 2022
ISBN: 9783110730234

Hardcover

Published: October 24, 2022
ISBN: 9783110735161