World Bank Literature

by Amitava Kumar

Book Overview

A trailblazing interrogation of the cultural, political, and economic implications of World Bank hegemony.

World Bank literature is more than a concept-it is a provocation, a call to arms. It is intended to prompt questions about each word, to probe globalization, political economy, and the role of literary and cultural studies. As asserted in this major work, it signals a radical rewriting of academic debates, a rigorous...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0816638373
• ISBN13: 9780816638376
• Release Date: December 2002
• Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
• Length: 344 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 11.0"