Liberia and the U.S., 1917-1947: The Liberia Education Project
Race, Religion, Rubber, and Politics in the U.S.A. and Liberia
This book traces the history of what the author calls the Liberia Education Project from the time it was first proposed in 1917 until it quietly ended in 1947. The project was highly confidential, because of issues in both Liberia and the U.S. involving national security, corporate security, and concerns about the propriety of cooperation between Church and State. The project was led by the Phelps-Stokes Fund, and it involved the Methodist, Episcopal, and Lutheran Churches. It was supported by the Firestone Company and a Rockefeller charity, the General Education Board. The project's goals included production of a docile, competent work force…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-3-639-66378-5
- EAN: 9783639663785
- Produktnummer: 37618912
- Verlag: Scholars' Press
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2014
- Seitenangabe: 628 S.
- Masse: H22.0 cm x B15.0 cm x D3.8 cm 953 g
- Abbildungen: Paperback
- Gewicht: 953
Über den Autor
George J. Hill is a graduate of Yale College and the Harvard Medical School. After 40 years as a surgeon, he retired to study and write history. His other works include Edison's Environment, Proceed to Peshawar, Western Pilgrims, and a previous edition of this work, which was his doctoral dissertation in history at Drew University.
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