University of Chicago. Committee for the Comparative Study of New Nations. Records 1958-1975

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University of Chicago. Committee for the Comparative Study of New Nations. Records 1958-1975

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Formally established in 1960, the Committee for the Comparative Study of New Nations was a group of University of Chicago faculty from several social sciences departments, all of whom had an interest in the problems of developing countries. This collection contains meeting minutes, correspondence, reports, publications, research papers, and other material documenting the committee from its founding through the mid-1970s.

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