Of Limits and Growth connects three of the most important aspects of the twentieth century: decolonization, the rise of environmentalism, and the United States\' support for economic development and modernization in the Third World.
The book shows how NGOs promoted the use of "appropriate" technologies,. government, World Bank, and United Nations from the 1960s through the 1990s.
It links these trends by revealing how environmental NGOs challenged and reformed development approaches of the U.
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Of Limits and Growth connects three of the most important aspects of the twentieth century: decolonization, the rise of environmentalism, and the United States\' support for economic development and modernization in the Third World