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- The Cambridge History of America and the World
- The Cambridge History of America and the World
- The Cambridge History of America and the World
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Maps
- Contributors to Volume III
- General Introduction: What is America and the World?
- Introduction to Volume III
- Part I American Power in the Modern Era
- Part II Competing Perspectives
- Part III The Perils of Interdependence
- 21 Borders and Migrants
- 22 Economic Catastrophes
- 23 Corporate Imperialism and the World of Goods
- 24 The Body Politics of US Imperial Power
- 25 Agriculture and Biodiversity
- 26 Worlds of International Development
- 27 Preserving Peace and Neutrality
- 28 The American Way in World War II
- 29 The Republic of Science and the Atomic Bomb
- 30 Visions of One World
- Index
26 - Worlds of International Development
from Part III - The Perils of Interdependence
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 12 November 2021
- The Cambridge History of America and the World
- The Cambridge History of America and the World
- The Cambridge History of America and the World
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Maps
- Contributors to Volume III
- General Introduction: What is America and the World?
- Introduction to Volume III
- Part I American Power in the Modern Era
- Part II Competing Perspectives
- Part III The Perils of Interdependence
- 21 Borders and Migrants
- 22 Economic Catastrophes
- 23 Corporate Imperialism and the World of Goods
- 24 The Body Politics of US Imperial Power
- 25 Agriculture and Biodiversity
- 26 Worlds of International Development
- 27 Preserving Peace and Neutrality
- 28 The American Way in World War II
- 29 The Republic of Science and the Atomic Bomb
- 30 Visions of One World
- Index
Summary
International development saved Albert Hirschman, albeit indirectly. Already displaced, the young Jewish scholar made an escape from Vichy France in 1940 underwritten by streams of thought converging in the United States. He found a patron in John Bell Condliffe, a peripatetic New Zealand economist, whose research on the global economy in nongovernmental and international organizations had led him to the University of California at Berkeley. Having produced some sharp analysis for an international conference Condliffe organized, Hirschman warranted saving. Condliffe’s lobbying in Washington and with the Rockefeller Foundation produced a fellowship at Berkeley, meaning a visa could be issued and with it safety in the United States. This intervention was transformative, drawing Hirschman to the United States as well as into budding discussions about international development, which would both shape and be shaped by his career.1
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- The Cambridge History of America and the World , pp. 617 - 638Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2022