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Canada's Global Villagers: CUSO in Development, 1961-86 - Rilegato

Brouwer, Ruth Compton

 
9780774826037: Canada's Global Villagers: CUSO in Development, 1961-86
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ISBN 10: 0774826037 ISBN 13: 9780774826037
Casa editrice: Univ of British Columbia Pr, 2013

Sinossi

Established in 1961, the same year as the US Peace Corps, Canadian University Service Overseas (CUSO) became the first Canadian NGO to undertake development work from a secular stance and in a context of rapid decolonization. Drawing on extensive research and interviews, Ruth Compton Brouwer tells the story of a group of young women and men who confronted the complexities of “underdevelopment” in countries such as India and Nigeria and who overcame their initial naivete as they sought to fit into the host communities that had requested their services. Later, as returned volunteers, they brought unique skills to the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) and other development organizations and a new level of global consciousness and cultural diversity to Canadian society.

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Informazioni sull'autore

Ruth Compton Brouwer is professor emerita, King’s University College and adjunct research professor in history at Western University.

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Editore
Univ of British Columbia Pr
Data di pubblicazione
2013
Lingua
Inglese
ISBN 10 
0774826037
ISBN 13 
9780774826037
Rilegatura
Copertina rigida
Numero di pagine
317
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