In the Mirror of the Third World : Capitalist Development in Modern Europe / Sandra Halperin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Halperin, Sandra, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Capitalism--Europe--History.

Capitalism.

Dependency.

Economic development.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiii, 268 p. )

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Ithaca, New York : Cornell University Press, [1997]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

In Marx's familiar dictum, the more-developed country shows the less developed an image of its own future. Turning this idea upside down, In the Mirror of the Third World looks to the contemporary Third World for a reflection of European history. The resulting view challenges standard accounts of European social, economic, and political development. Sandra Halperin's analysis of the European experience begins where studies of Third World development often start: considering the legacies of colonial domination. Europe also had a colonial past, she reminds us, and the states of Europe, like those of today's Third World, were the product of colonialism and imperialism. From this starting point, Halperin traces features characteristic of Third World development through the history of European capitalism: enclave economies oriented to foreign markets; weak middle classes; alliances among the state, traditional landowning elites, and new industrial classes; unstable and partial democracy; sharp inequalities; and increasing poverty-all as much a part of European society on the eve of World War I as they are of developing countries today. Halperin also emphasizes the emergence of a militant, literal religion in Europe and its critical role in the class struggles of the nineteenth century.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Preface

1. The Development of Industrial Capitalism and Democracy in Europe and in the Contemporary Third World

2. Europe's Colonial Past and "Artificially" Constructed States

3. Nationalism, the Aristocracy, and the State

4. The Erroneous Class Succession Thesis

5. Dependency and Development in Europe

6. Between Feudalism and Capitalism: Industrial Development in Europe before the World Wars

7. The Myth of European Democracy before the World Wars

8. Conclusions: Industrial Capitalist Development in Comparative-Historical Perspective

Statistical Appendix

Political Appendix

References

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 229-261) and index.

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Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781501725463

1501725467

OCLC:

1132219358