Oral history interview with Elise Boulding, 2001
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- Name
- Boulding, Elise (Interviewee)
- Weiss, Thomas G. (Thomas George), 1946- (Interviewer)
- Title
- Oral history interview with Elise Boulding, 2001
- Abstract
- Family background and Norwegian identity; effects of Quakerism in her adult life; using language and changing language to communicate; development of and work with the International Peace Research Association; living and activism in Ann Arbor, Michigan; interaction between NGOs, IGOs, and corporations; American and one-third world lack of awareness of destruction and negligence of two-thirds world people and culture; UN University; sociology courses and human interaction in classes taught at UC Boulder and Dartmouth College; International Cooperation Year and International Women's Year; local beginnings for global peace processes; interconnection of human rights, economic, and environmental policies; building knowledge stock through oral history
- Collection Name
- United Nations intellectual history project (UNIHP)
- Subjects
- Pacifists; International relations and culture; Non-governmental organizations; Environmental economics; Peace--International cooperation; International Women's Year, 1975; Human rights; Boulding, Elise; United Nations Officials and employees; International Peace Research Association; United Nations University
- Format
- oral histories; sound recordings
- Genre
- Interviews
- Date
- 2001
- Note (Biographical)
- Under-UNESCO, peace activist
- Note
- Interviewed by Thomas G. Weiss on April 16, 2001
- Note (Provenance)
- Ralph Bunche Institute for International Studies, The Graduate Center, City University of New York, Gift, 2009
- Language
- English
- Library Location
- Columbia Center for Oral History, Columbia University
Browse Location’s Digital Content - Catalog Record
- 13683217
- Also In
- Oral History Archives at Columbia
- Time-Based Media
- Time-Based Media
- Persistent URL
- https://dx.doi.org/10.7916/d8-gnbh-hn35
- Related URLs
- Available digital content for this interview.