"The Rise of Global Sustainable Development in the Twentieth Century 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...

As wealthy countries focus more attention on the ravages of poverty and maldistribution of the worlds resources, the rationales for what is or is not done in the name of development have become more elaborate and abstract. And as the literature has proliferated, communication among those who...