Formulating Development
How Nestlé Shaped the Aid Industry
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2025
Manchester University Press (Verlag)
9781526180995 (ISBN)
Manchester University Press (Verlag)
9781526180995 (ISBN)
From the Alpine pastureland of late nineteenth century Switzerland to the hospitals of post-independence West Africa, Nestlé and the shaping of the aid industry tells the story of how Nestlé earned a seat at the table of international aid, and uncovers the long-forgotten alliances and controversies that continue to shape the aid industry today. -- .
In the 1970s, Nestlé became a lightning rod for criticism against the food industry’s negative impacts on humans and their environment, especially in the Global South. But what has so far eluded historical scrutiny is that the picture was more nuanced.
This book tells the exclusive story of how the Swiss food giant, and more broadly corporate capitalism, have shaped the aid industry since the late nineteenth century. It follows Nestlé’s bid for a share of the humanitarian market brokered by the Red Cross in wartime Europe, of its clinical trials in Swiss and Senegalese maternities, and of its agricultural modernisation schemes in Mexico, India, and the Ivory Coast.
Based on extensive research in the firm’s own historical archives and the records of national and international aid agencies, the volume interrogates the legacies of this long history for international development today. -- .
In the 1970s, Nestlé became a lightning rod for criticism against the food industry’s negative impacts on humans and their environment, especially in the Global South. But what has so far eluded historical scrutiny is that the picture was more nuanced.
This book tells the exclusive story of how the Swiss food giant, and more broadly corporate capitalism, have shaped the aid industry since the late nineteenth century. It follows Nestlé’s bid for a share of the humanitarian market brokered by the Red Cross in wartime Europe, of its clinical trials in Swiss and Senegalese maternities, and of its agricultural modernisation schemes in Mexico, India, and the Ivory Coast.
Based on extensive research in the firm’s own historical archives and the records of national and international aid agencies, the volume interrogates the legacies of this long history for international development today. -- .
Lola Wilhelm is Lecturer in the History of Medicine at the University of Zurich -- .
Introduction
I The Swiss laboratory
1 At the service of agriculture
2 To walk along with science
3 Great relief
II International development
4 To help under-developed countries
5 The health of children in protein-poor regions
6 The Nestlé Foundation
Conclusions
Annexes
Sources
Bibliograph -- .
| Erscheinungsdatum | 07.08.2025 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Humanitarianism: Key Debates and New Approaches |
| Zusatzinfo | 11 black & white illustrations, 1 graph, 5 tables |
| Verlagsort | Manchester |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 156 x 234 mm |
| Gewicht | 566 g |
| Themenwelt | Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht |
| Recht / Steuern ► Öffentliches Recht ► Völkerrecht | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Sozialpädagogik | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Spezielle Soziologien | |
| Weitere Fachgebiete ► Land- / Forstwirtschaft / Fischerei | |
| ISBN-13 | 9781526180995 / 9781526180995 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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