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

Brouwer, Ruth Compton

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0774826037 ISBN 13 : 9780774826037

Editeur : University of British Columbia Press, 2013

Synopsis

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 naïveté as they sought to fit into their host communities. 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.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

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

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: University of British Columbia Press
• Date d'édition: 2013
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0774826037
• ISBN 13: 9780774826037
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 336
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