1st Edition
Underdevelopment and Development in Brazil: Volume II Reassessing the Obstacles to Economic Development
By Nathaniel H Leff
Copyright 2011
156 Pages
by
Routledge
156 Pages
by
Routledge
First published in 1982, this work builds on the detailed economic history of Brazil in its companion volume: "Economic Structure and Change, 1822-1947", assessing and challenging the established interpretations. The book covers in depth the causes of the Northeast’s poor economic experience and the emergence of significant regional inequality in Brazil’s development. In his analysis of the role... Read more
1. Introduction 2. The Northeast and the Obstacles to Economic Development in Nineteenth-Century Brazil 3. Sociocultural Conditions 4. Imperialism 5. Government 6. Conclusions
Biography
Nathaniel H. Leff
