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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... period of deep recession . U.S. - brokered peace negotiations led to an official ceasefire with Israel , but just ... period , in the period of Nasser the population had grown from 20 mil- lion to around 35 million - and would reach 50 ...
... period of deep recession . U.S. - brokered peace negotiations led to an official ceasefire with Israel , but just ... period , in the period of Nasser the population had grown from 20 mil- lion to around 35 million - and would reach 50 ...
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... periods of six and seven years . The last seven - year plan covered the period 1987-93 . Pyongyang has always boasted that these plans exceeded their quotas in almost all respects , and the claims seem to have been justified . In the ...
... periods of six and seven years . The last seven - year plan covered the period 1987-93 . Pyongyang has always boasted that these plans exceeded their quotas in almost all respects , and the claims seem to have been justified . In the ...
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... period in the mid - 1960s , the ebb - tide began to move with increasing certainty in the period 1968-76 . " The United States , " he notes , " came to bear a strik- ing resemblance to Great Britain a century earlier . " 63 This was ...
... period in the mid - 1960s , the ebb - tide began to move with increasing certainty in the period 1968-76 . " The United States , " he notes , " came to bear a strik- ing resemblance to Great Britain a century earlier . " 63 This was ...
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