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Title: Catherine Caufield papers
Date (inclusive): 1932-1996
Collection Number: 2002C19
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
16 manuscript boxes
(6.7 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Correspondence, notes, memoranda, reports, studies, and printed matter related to the World Bank and its effect on the economies
of developing countries. Used as research material for the book by C. Caufield,
Masters of Illusion: The World Bank and the Poverty of Nations (New York, 1996).
Creator:
Caufield, Catherine
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives
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The collection is open for research; materials must be requested in advance via our reservation system. If there are audiovisual
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Acquisition Information
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 2002.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Catherine Caufield papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Biographical Note
1981 |
Author,
The Man Who Ate Bluebottles: And Other Great British Eccentrics
|
1984 |
Author,
In the Rainforest: Report from a Strange, Beautiful, Imperiled World
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1989 |
Author,
Multiple Exposures: Chronicles of the Radiation Age
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1996 |
Author,
Masters of Illusion: The World Bank and the Poverty of Nations
|
Scope and Content of Collection
The Catherine Caufield papers contain correspondence, notes, memoranda, reports, studies, and printed matter related to the
World Bank and its effect on the economies of developing countries.
Catherine Caufield was a British author and journalist who served as an environmental correspondent for
New Scientist. The collection consists of Caufield's research files for
Masters of Illusion: The World Bank and the Poverty of Nations, a book which was critical of the World Bank. In addition to printed matter, correspondence, and Caufield's notes, the collection
includes internal World Bank documents, such as memoranda and reports.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Economic assistance
Developing countries
World Bank