Pt. I. The Debate over an Integrated World System. 1. The Optimists. 2. The Pessimists -- Pt. II. Instruments of Empire. 3. Imperial Government and the Development Imperative. 4. Imperial Economies and Third World Development -- Pt. III. Trade, Colonialism and Development. 5. Trade and Development in the Settler Societies. 6. The Concept of a Colonial Economy. 7. The Colonial Economy in Practice: Trade and Development in India and Ghana -- Pt. IV. After Colonialism: The New International System. 8. Aid and Development. 9. The Multinational Corporation and Development. 10. Trade and Development after 1950: Black Africa and India. 11. Trade and Development after 1950: East and South-east Asia. 12. Some Conclusions
Summary
This book provides a comprehensive survey of the nature of the relationship between the western countries and the Third World, and the debate over its effects, during the twentieth century. It matches development theory with wide-ranging evidence on the consequences of global integration. The book offers a stimulating introduction for all students of the economic and political relationship between the West and the Third World in the modern era
