Jorge Larrain was a lecturer in sociology at the Catholic University in Santiago, Chile, until 1973. He is now Reader in Sociology and Head of the Department of Cultural Studies at Birmingham University.

'A critical survey.' International Development Abstracts '...[a] cogent and incisive introduction to certain key traditions ... a valuable addition to the existing textbooks on the subject.' Sociology'This is just the kind of stimulating, thought-provoking and informed book which will be most useful to both teachers and students.' Tom Bottomore

• Preface and Acknowledgements. Introduction.1. Early Capitalism:.Classical Political Economy and Marx.2. The Expansion of Capitalism:.Colonialism and Imperialism.3. Late Capitalism:.Modernization and the Economic Commission for Latin America.4. Dependency, Unequal Exchange and Underdevelopment.5. Dependency, Industrialization and Development.6. Latin American Dependency and Historical Materialism: A Theoretical Challenge.

Jorge Larrain was a lecturer in sociology at the Catholic University in Santiago, Chile, until 1973. He is now Reader in Sociology and Head of the Department of Cultural Studies at Birmingham University.

'A critical survey.' International Development Abstracts '...[a] cogent and incisive introduction to certain key traditions ... a valuable addition to the existing textbooks on the subject.' Sociology'This is just the kind of stimulating, thought-provoking and informed book which will be most useful to both teachers and students.' Tom Bottomore

• Preface and Acknowledgements. Introduction.1. Early Capitalism:.Classical Political Economy and Marx.2. The Expansion of Capitalism:.Colonialism and Imperialism.3. Late Capitalism:.Modernization and the Economic Commission for Latin America.4. Dependency, Unequal Exchange and Underdevelopment.5. Dependency, Industrialization and Development.6. Latin American Dependency and Historical Materialism: A Theoretical Challenge.

Jorge Larrain was a lecturer in sociology at the Catholic University in Santiago, Chile, until 1973. He is now Reader in Sociology and Head of the Department of Cultural Studies at Birmingham University.

'A critical survey.' International Development Abstracts '...[a] cogent and incisive introduction to certain key traditions ... a valuable addition to the existing textbooks on the subject.' Sociology'This is just the kind of stimulating, thought-provoking and informed book which will be most useful to both teachers and students.' Tom Bottomore

• Preface and Acknowledgements. Introduction.1. Early Capitalism:.Classical Political Economy and Marx.2. The Expansion of Capitalism:.Colonialism and Imperialism.3. Late Capitalism:.Modernization and the Economic Commission for Latin America.4. Dependency, Unequal Exchange and Underdevelopment.5. Dependency, Industrialization and Development.6. Latin American Dependency and Historical Materialism: A Theoretical Challenge.