1st Edition

Persistent Underdevelopment Change and Economic Modernization in the West Indies

By Jay Mandle Copyright 1996
204 Pages
by Routledge

204 Pages
by Routledge

208 Pages
by Routledge

First published in 1996, this insightful and informative text examines the post-emancipation and recent economic history of the Commonwealth Caribbean. Jay R. Mandle offers an explanation of the region’s continuing underdevelopment. 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... Read more

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

Biography

Jay Mandle