{"product_id":"an-american-experience-in-indonesia-the-university-of-kentucky-affiliation-with-the-agricultural-university-at-bogor-paperback","title":"An American Experience in Indonesia: The University of Kentucky Affiliation with the Agricultural University at Bogor - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eHoward W. Beers\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book tells the story of an important experiment in international cooperation and inter-university collaboration in educational development. A team of educational and agricultural specialists from the University of Kentucky (called Kenteam in the book) lived and worked in\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBogor, Indonesia, from 1957 through 1965. Their purpose--to work with the Agricultural University in Bogor to develop a complete college of agriculture to the level of capability for self-regeneration and growth.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWorking against a background of political and economic turmoil, Kenteam succeeded in helping the Indonesians build an institution capable of achieving its goals once the restraints of a struggling economy could be removed. This heartening story is replete with sociological insight but free of sociological jargon.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWritten in a reportorial and evaluative style, the book interweaves ideas of organizational development with close- ups of the interagency and human problems involved, telling an absorbing story of international cooperation in technical assistance. It will be read with interest by Asian specialists and the many people concerned with social change and economic and educational development.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eHoward W. Beers\u003c\/b\u003e is Director of the Center for Developmental Change and Distinguished Professor of Rural Sociology at the University of Kentucky. He has written extensively on developmental change.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 288\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.65 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 15, 2014\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67687999176806,"sku":"9780813151199","price":60.35,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/c900VAN3mb9780813151199.webp?v=1791759163","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/an-american-experience-in-indonesia-the-university-of-kentucky-affiliation-with-the-agricultural-university-at-bogor-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}