Raising the World
Author | : Sara Fieldston |
Publisher | : Harvard University Press |
Total Pages | : 329 |
Release | : 2015-03-09 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780674368095 |
ISBN-13 | : 0674368096 |
Rating | : 4/5 (95 Downloads) |
Download or read book Raising the World written by Sara Fieldston and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2015-03-09 with total page 329 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sara Fieldston shows how humanitarian child welfare agencies sponsored by Americans filtered political power through the prism of familial love after World War II. These well-meaning institutions shaped perceptions of the United States as the benevolent parent in a family of nations, and helped to expand American hegemony around the globe.