The Peace Corps in South America : Volunteers and the Global War on Poverty in the 1960s /: Volunteers and the Global War on Poverty in the 1960s. (2019)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Fernando Purcell.
• Authors: Purcell, Fernando
• Contents: 1. Introduction: Peace Corp Volunteers as Intermediary Agents in the Global War on Poverty 2. Learning to Learn: Community-Development Training during the 1960s 3. Confront Poverty Beforehand 4. South America's Fertile but Different World 5. Difficulties and Frustrations on the Ground 6. Volunteers in the Middle of Cold War Ideological Struggles 7. Epilogue: De-centering Cold War Narratives Using Peace Corp Volunteer´s Accounts.
• Publisher Details: Cham : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2019
• Copyright Date: 2019
• Extent: 1 online resource (180 pages)
• Subjects: History; World politics; World history; History -- United States -- General; Political Science -- History & Theory; History -- World; History of the Americas; Political science & theory; General & world history; History -- Latin America -- General; Latin America--History; United States-History
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783030248086
• Related ISBNs: 9783030248079
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.