{"product_id":"arrested-development-alessandro-iandolo-9781501785054","title":"Arrested Development: The Soviet Union in Ghana, Guinea, and Mali, 1955-1968","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the Marshall Shulman Book Prize of the Harriman Institute of Columbia University\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWinner of the W. Bruce Lincoln Book Prize of the Association for Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eArrested Development\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e, Alessandro Iandolo examines the USSR's role in West Africa during the 1950s and 1960s as an aid donor, trade partner, and political model for newly independent Ghana, Guinea, and Mali.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith a strong economy in the 1950s, the USSR expanded its global outreach, supporting economic development in post-colonial Africa and Asia. Many nations saw the Soviet model as a path to political and economic independence. Drawing on extensive Russian and West African archival research, Iandolo explores Soviet ideas, sponsored projects, and their lasting impact.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSoviet specialists worked alongside West African colleagues to design ambitious development plans, build infrastructure, establish collective farms, survey mineral resources, and manage banking and trade. These collaborations--and the tensions they created--shed light on how Soviet and West African visions of development intersected. \u003ci\u003eArrested Development \u003c\/i\u003epositions the USSR as a key player in twentieth-century economic history, reshaping global approaches to modernization.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Alessandro Iandolo\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1501785052\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781501785054\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Cornell University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/15\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 312\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.92lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.70d","brand":"Alessandro Iandolo","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47930826162431,"sku":"9781501785054","price":37.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_c3401043-a885-457d-97d9-e26828665bb9.jpg?v=1766344527","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/arrested-development-alessandro-iandolo-9781501785054","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}