With development issues impinging more and more upon established disciplines such as history, politics, and sociology, this unique collection provides a much-needed interdisciplinary framework for further debate on development and underdevelopment in the Third World. Following the evolution of Third World economies over a five-hundred-year period, the contributors address theories of development, colonial expansion and colonial economies, the growth of industry and agriculture, and the influence of the world economy on ...
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With development issues impinging more and more upon established disciplines such as history, politics, and sociology, this unique collection provides a much-needed interdisciplinary framework for further debate on development and underdevelopment in the Third World. Following the evolution of Third World economies over a five-hundred-year period, the contributors address theories of development, colonial expansion and colonial economies, the growth of industry and agriculture, and the influence of the world economy on Third World Development, examining not only industrial and agricultural production, but also the people who shape Third World economies at all levels.
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