A History of UNESCO: Global Actions and Impacts

by Poul Duedahl (Editor)

Overview

The mission UNESCO, as defined just after the end of World War II, is to build 'the defenses of peace in the minds of men'. In this book, historians trace the routes of selected UNESCO mental engineering initiatives from its headquarters in Paris to the member states, to assess UNESCO's global impact.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781137581204
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan
Publication date:	04/12/2016
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	338
File size:	4 MB

About the Author

Poul Duedahl is Professor of History at the Department of Culture and Global Studies at Aalborg University, Denmark, and Director of the Global History of UNESCO Project sponsored by the Danish Council for Independent Research. He received the History Book of the Year Award in Denmark in 2013.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction: Out of the House: On the Global History of UNESCO, 1945-2015; Poul Duedahl
PART I: ROUTES OF KNOWLEDGE
2. Popularizing Anthropology, Combating Racism; Edgardo C. Krebs
3. Weapons of Mass Distribution: UNESCO and the Central Role of Books; Céline Giton
4. And Action!: UN and UNESCO Coordinating Information Films, 1945-1951; Suzanne Langlois
PART II: REBUILDING A WORLD DEVASTATED BY WAR
5. Child Victims, UNESCO and the Promotion of International Model of Children's Communities after World War II; Samuel Boussion, Mathias Gardet and Martine Ruchat
6. Returning to the International Community: UNESCO and Postwar Japan, 1945-1951; Takashi Saikawa
7. Pursuing Peace through a 'Library-Minded' World; Miriam Intrator
PART III: EXPERTS ON THE GROUND
8. UNESCO's Fundamental Education Program 1946-1958: Vision, Actions and Impact; Jens Boel
9. Education for Independence: UNESCO in post-colonial Congo; Josué Mikobi Dikay
10. The flow of UNESCO experts towards Latin America: On the asymmetrical impact of the missions, 1947-1984; Anabella Abarzúa Cutroni
PART IV: IMPLEMENTING PEACE IN THE MINDS
11. UNESCO Teaches History: Implementing International Understanding in Sweden; Thomas Nygren
12. UNESCO and the Improvement of History Textbooks in Mexico, 1945-1960; Inés Dussel&Christian Ydesen
13. UNESCO's Role in East Asian Reconciliation: Postwar Japan and International Understanding; Aigul Kulnazarova
PART V: PRACTICING WORLD HERITAGE
14. UNESCO and the Shaping of Global Heritage; Aurélie Elisa Gfeller&Jaci Eisenberg
15. Safeguarding Iran and Afghanistan: On UNESCO's Efforts in the Field of Archaeology; Agnès Borde Meyer
16. UNESCO and Chinese Heritage: An Ongoing Campaign to Achieve World-Class Standard; Celine Lai

Editorial Reviews

Duedahl (Aalborg Univ., Denmark) has gathered a highly knowledgeable cadre of international scholars and experts in the field to write this comprehensive overview of the work of UNESCO. … For scholars of the effects of globalization and the efforts of the UN in the post–WW II world. Summing Up: Recommended. Graduate students and above.” (M. W. Quirk, Choice, Vol. 54 (5), January, 2017)

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