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Making the World Like Us: Education, Cultural Expansion, and the American Century »

Authors: Liping Bu
ISBN-13: 9780275976941, ISBN-10: 0275976947
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Greenwood Publishing Group, Incorporated
Date Published: March 2003
Edition: (Non-applicable)

LIPING BU is Associate Professor of History at Alma College. She is co-editor of The Cultural Turn: Essays in the History of U.S. Foreign Relations.

Examines the spread of American culture through the efforts of religious organizations, philanthropies, educational, and governmental institutions.

	Illustrations
	Series Foreword
	Preface
	Abbreviations
	Introduction	1
Pt. I	Before World War II	13
Ch. 1	Cultural Expansion: Missionary Thrust of an Ecumenical World	15
Ch. 2	Cultural Internationalism: Educational Exchange and Cultural Understanding for World Peace	51
Ch. 3	Liberal Visions in a Conservative Age: The International House Movement	85
Ch. 4	Educational Assistance for World Progress: Teachers College, Columbia University	115
Pt. II	After World War II	143
Ch. 5	Changes in Governmental Cultural Policy and the Realignment of Private Forces in Worldwide Educational Exchange	145
Ch. 6	Philanthropy in Cold War Cultural Diplomacy: The Ford Foundation and the New Profession of International Education	181
Ch. 7	Educational Exchange and National Interest: The Role of the State	221
	Appendix	247
	Selected Bibliography	251
	Index	261