Persistent Underdevelopment : Change and Economic Modernization in the West Indies

ISBN-13: 9780415593649 / Angielski / Twarda / 2010 / 204 str.

Jay Mandle;?Abar;?Abar

Opis

This text examines the post-emancipation and recent economic history of the Commonwealth Caribbean. Through the use of an analytical framework derived from the works of Marx and Kuznets, the book focuses attention on technological change as the driving force behind economic modernization.

Spis treści

1. The Content of Economic Development  2. The Plantation Economy and Economic Development  3. The Erosion of Plantation Dominance  4."Industrialization by Invitation"  5. Persistent Underdevelopment  6. The Left Regimes  7. Natural Endowments and Economic Development  8. Exports and Education  9. A People Without Borders

O autorze

Jay Mandle