Development and Disorder: A History of the Third World Since 1945University Press of New England, 1997 - 516 pages Development and Disorder traces the political and economic histories of leading Third World countries in eight regions--Latin America (Argentina, Brazil, Mexico), the Caribbean (Jamaica, Haiti, Cuba), the Middle East (Turkey, Egypt, Iran), Africa (Ghana, Kenya, South Africa), South Asia (India, Pakistan, Bangladash), Southeast Asia (Vietnam, Cambodia, Indonesia), China, and Korea (North and South). Michael Mason explains how many of these countries entered a period of developmental crisis in the 1970s and how their leaders, often with the support of one or more dominant world powers, attempted to deal with these crises. He also discusses those countries where development, by various definitions, seems to have been realized, and concludes with a general consideration of the role of the Third World in the global economy since 1945. The book is an ideal text for introductory Third World courses offered by history, political science, economics, and geography departments. |
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Page 72
... Chile's modern economy rose on the basis of two products of its soil : first nitrates , then copper . After World War II copper was responsible for up to 80 per cent of Chile's export earnings . Based on its sale Chile achieved a rate ...
... Chile's modern economy rose on the basis of two products of its soil : first nitrates , then copper . After World War II copper was responsible for up to 80 per cent of Chile's export earnings . Based on its sale Chile achieved a rate ...
Page 75
... Chile.37 Allende had made enemies in Washington , clearly , yet his most formidable problem was the world market . Copper prices were depressed from the moment he took office . After a year , partly because of the wage ... Chile Chile 75.
... Chile.37 Allende had made enemies in Washington , clearly , yet his most formidable problem was the world market . Copper prices were depressed from the moment he took office . After a year , partly because of the wage ... Chile Chile 75.
Page 80
... Chile " An Odd Free Market Success . " But generally terms like Wirtschaftswunder , the word used to describe the West German " economic miracle " of the 1950s and 1960s , continued to be used freely- though without any reference to a ...
... Chile " An Odd Free Market Success . " But generally terms like Wirtschaftswunder , the word used to describe the West German " economic miracle " of the 1950s and 1960s , continued to be used freely- though without any reference to a ...
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