Communities, Development and the Cold War: The Peace Corps in South America during the 1960s.

This presentation will examine the work and experiences of United States Peace Corps volunteers who served in South America during the 1960s. Paying particular attention to the interaction of volunteers with South American people, their multiple interests and contradictions and to their motivations for becoming volunteers, the talk will evaluate the way in which the global Cold War was experienced at a community level. This is part of an ongoing research project that combines both a diplomatic as well as a socio-cultural approach and incorporates non-state actors to understand the global Cold War in South America.
This is a UCSB(LAIS) and CSU-Los Angeles collaborative talk event.
It is free and open to the public.

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