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Industrialization and Developing Countries book cover

1st Edition

Industrialization and Developing Countries

By Alan B. Mountjoy Copyright 1975
202 Pages
by Routledge

First published in 1963 as Industrialization and Under-Developed Countries (reissuing the fourth edition of 1975 here), Industrialization and Developing Countries discusses the importance of geographical factors affecting industrialization and developing countries and their relationship to economic, demographic, social, and political processes. All statistics have been updated, whilst the... Read more

Prefaces 1. Development and under-development 2. The demographic factor: the global setting 3. The demographic factor in the under-developed lands 4. Industrialization – the panacea? 5. Problems of industrialization 6. Environment and human problems 7. The form of industrialization 8. The progress of industrialization: I. Ghana and Nigeria; Chile; Hong Kong 9. The progress of industrialization: II, India; Egypt 10. Conclusion  

Biography

Alan B. Mountjoy

Reviews of previous editions:

‘An admirable work, well arranged, and full of useful and pertinent information. This is one of the few books which are short, clear, informative, and wise on this very complex subject.’

— Race

‘This is a stimulating book…Its greatest merit is perhaps the clarity with which its wide-ranging arguments are presented.’

— Geographical Journal

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