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American Developmental Thought in Turkey During the Cold War

Hagop Kevorkian Center 255 Sullivan Street, New York City

A talk with Begüm Adalet. This talk proposes that we consider modernization theory as a transnational practice, one that was not simply developed by American intellectuals, but was instead produced through specific and often uncertain encounters across multiple sites of contestation. As one of the first beneficiaries of Truman Doctrine and Marshall Plan funds, Turkey was an important venue in…

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