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The White Man's Burden: Why the West's Efforts to Aid the Rest Have Done So Much Ill and So Little Good
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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Oxford Univ Pr
Publication date
September 21, 2006
Pages
400
Binding
Hardcover
Book category
Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13
9780199210824
ISBN-10
0199210829
Dimensions
1.25 by 6.50 by 9.25 in.
Weight
1.70 lbs.
Published in
Great Britain
Original list price
$30.30
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Summaries and Reviews
Summary
Addresses the problems of extreme poverty and the West's failed attempts to help the poor. While recognising the energy and compassion behind the campaign to make poverty history, the author argues that grand plans and good intentions are a part of the problem not the solution.
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Hardcover
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from Oxford Univ Pr (September 21, 2006)
9780199210824 | details & prices | 400 pages | 6.50 × 9.25 × 1.25 in. | 1.70 lbs | List price $30.30
About: Addresses the problems of extreme poverty and the West's failed attempts to help the poor.
About: Addresses the problems of extreme poverty and the West's failed attempts to help the poor.
from Penguin USA (March 16, 2006)
9781594200373 | details & prices | 496 pages | 6.25 × 9.25 × 1.25 in. | 1.55 lbs | List price $27.95
About: Argues that Western foreign aid efforts have done little to stem global poverty, citing how such organizations as the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank are not held accountable for ineffective practices.
About: Argues that Western foreign aid efforts have done little to stem global poverty, citing how such organizations as the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank are not held accountable for ineffective practices.
Paperback
Reprint edition from Penguin USA (February 27, 2007)
9780143038825 | details & prices | 436 pages | 5.75 × 8.25 × 1.00 in. | 0.90 lbs | List price $18.00
About: Argues that western foreign aid efforts have done little to stem global poverty, citing how such organizations as the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank are not held accountable for ineffective practices that the author believes intrude into the inner workings of other countries.
About: Argues that western foreign aid efforts have done little to stem global poverty, citing how such organizations as the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank are not held accountable for ineffective practices that the author believes intrude into the inner workings of other countries.
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