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The Peace Corps Experience : Challenge and Change, 1969-1976 /

For more than 35 years, the Peace Corps has pursued John F. Kennedy's vision of helping people of the Third World build a better life. Yet with the exception of a few celebrations of its early years, little effort has been made to document that organization's history. Now a former deputy d...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Searles, P. David, 1933-
Corporate Author: Gift in honor of the 50th Anniversary of the Peace Corps (Library of Congress)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Lexington, Ky. : University Press of Kentucky, [1997]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Half-Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; 1 The End of the Beginning; 2 The Call of Service; 3 To Hurl a Brick or Kiss His Hand; 4 New Directions in the Philippines; 5 When Cultures Collide; 6 The Challenges of Everyday Life; 7 New Directions at Work; 8 Life along the Potomac; 9 Twenty Years Later; 10 Making a Difference; Notes; Bibliography; Index.