Capitalism and Underdevelopment in Latin America
Historical Studies of Chile and Brazil

Frank, Andre Gunder
Publisher:  Monthly Review Press
Year First Published:  {23605 Capitalism and Underdevelopment in Latin America CAPITALISM AND UNDERDEVELOPMENT IN LATIN AMERICA Historical Studies of Chile and Brazil Frank, Andre Gunder Monthly Review Press The four essays in this book offer a sweeping reinterpretation of Latin American history as an aspect of the world-wide spread of capitalism in its commercial and industrial phases. 1967 1969 343pp BC23605s-CapitalismUnderdevelopment.jpg B Book 978-0-85345-093-1 - <br> <br> <br>Table of Contents <br> <br>Preface <br> <br>Preface to Revised Edition <br> <br>I - Capitalist Development of Underdevelopment in Chile <br> <br>A - The Thesis of Capitalist Underdevelopment <br>1 - The Contradiction of Expropriation/Appropriation of Economic Surplus <br>2 - The Contradiction of Metropolis-Satellite Polarization <br>3 - The Contradiction of Continuity in Change <br>B - The Capitalist Contradictions in Latin America and Chile <br>C - Colonial Capitalist Latin America <br>D - Sixteenth-Century Capitalism in Chile: Satellite Colonization <br>E - Seventeenth-Century Capitalism in Chile: "Classical" Capitalist Development <br>F - Eighteenth-Century Capitalism in Chile: Resatellization, Polarization and Underdevelopment <br>1 - International Polarization through Foreign Trade <br>2 - Domestic Polarization <br>3 - Latifundia-Minifundia Polarization <br>4 - Owner-Worker Polarization within Latifundia <br>5 - Polarization and Industrial Underdevelopment <br>G - Nineteenth-Century Capitalism in Chile: The Consolidation of Underdevelopment <br>1 - Attempts at Economic Independence and Development: Portales, Bulnes and Montt <br>2 - Free Trade and Structural Underdevelopment <br>3 - The Industrial Revolution Frustrated: Balmaceda and Nitrates <br>4 - The Consolidation of Underdevelopment <br>H - The Twentieth Century: Bitter Harvest of Underdevelopment <br>1 - The "External" Sector <br>2 - The "Domestic" Sector <br>I - Conclusion and Implications <br> <br>II - On the "Indian Problem" in Latin America <br> <br>A - The Problem <br>B - The History <br>C - The Structure <br>D - The Laborer <br>E - The Market <br>F - Capitalism <br> <br>III - Capitalist Development of Underdevelopment in Brazil <br> <br>A - The Model and Hypotheses <br>B - The Development of Underdevelopment <br>1 - Sugar and the Underdevelopment of the Northeast <br>2 - Britain and the Underdevelopment of Portugal <br>3 - Gold and the Underdevelopment of the Central Interior <br>4 - War and the Underdevelopment of the North <br>5 - Monopoly and the Underdevelopment of Industry <br>6 - Free Trade and the Consolidation of Underdevelopment <br>7 - Summary: Passive Involution and Underdevelopment <br>C - The Underdevelopment of Development <br>1 - Coffee and External Satellization <br>2 - Industry and Internal Polar Satellization <br>3 - Foreign Investment and Underdevelopment <br>4 - Crisis in the Metropolis and Active Involution in the Satellite <br>5 - Recovery in the Metropolis and Resatellization of Brazil <br>6 - Internal Colonialist Development and Capitalist Underdevelopment <br>7 - Imperialist Development and Capitalist Underdevelopment <br>D - Conclusion <br> <br>IV - Capitalism and the Myth of Feudalism in Brazilian Agriculture <br> <br>A - The Myth of Feudalism <br>1 - The Bourgeois Thesis <br>2 - The Traditional Marxist Theses <br>a - Feudalism Predates Capitalism <br>b - Feudalism Coexists with Capitalism <br>c - Feudalism is Penetrated by Capitalism <br>3 - Critique of the Myth of Feudalism <br>a - Comparison with Reality <br>b - Theory and Policy Conclusions <br>B - Capitalist Agriculture <br>1 - Capitalism and Underdevelopment <br>2 - The Principles of Organization <br>a - Subordinate Determination <br>b - Commercial Market Determination <br>c - Monopoly <br>3 - Determination of Agricultural Production, Organization and Welfare <br>a - Commercial Agriculture <br>b - Residual Agriculture <br>c - Under/Over Protection <br>d - Organization of Production on the Farm <br>e - Contradictions in Welfare <br>4 - Conclusion for Theory and Policy <br>5 - Postscript: Further Evidence <br>a - Monopoly Landownership <br>b - Fluidity in Owner-Worker Relations <br>c - Commercialization and Credit <br> <br>V - Foreign Investment in Latin American Underdevelopment <br> <br>A - The Problem <br>B - From Colonialism to Imperialism <br>1 - Colonial Primitive Exploitation and Accumulation <br>2 - Industrialization, Free Trade, and Underdevelopment <br>3 - Imperialist Expansion and Latin American Underdevelopment <br>C - Neo-Imperialism and Beyond <br>1 - Metropolitan Crisis and Latin American Development <br>2 - Metropolitan Expansion and Latin American Underdevelopment <br> <br>References Cited <br> <br>Index CX8983 1 false true false CX8983.htm [0xc000268750 0xc0004ca7b0 0xc0004cac90 0xc0004cbb60 0xc0004f4120 0xc0004f5440 0xc00024f230 0xc000404030 0xc0004bb230 0xc0006f52c0 0xc00066cc30 0xc000078a80 0xc00022b620 0xc00022b7a0 0xc00044d5f0 0xc000568420 0xc000569050 0xc000569b60 0xc00058b500 0xc000cdbcb0 0xc000ef8330 0xc00088db60 0xc0012046f0 0xc001283590 0xc0012985a0 0xc000eb5bf0 0xc000ef0a20 0xc000fe81e0 0xc001018390 0xc000930150 0xc000931110 0xc000e18840 0xc000efa360 0xc00160cf60 0xc002156630 0xc000980cc0 0xc001cd2ea0 0xc002484870 0xc002749290 0xc0005a91a0 0xc0010f6c30 0xc001150ba0 0xc0012b6c60 0xc001468000 0xc0014ee240 0xc001fb96b0] Cx}
Year Published:  1969
Pages:  343pp   ISBN:  978-0-85345-093-1
Resource Type:  Book
Cx Number:  CX8983

The four essays in this book offer a sweeping reinterpretation of Latin American history as an aspect of the world-wide spread of capitalism in its commercial and industrial phases.

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Table of Contents

Preface

Preface to Revised Edition

I - Capitalist Development of Underdevelopment in Chile

A - The Thesis of Capitalist Underdevelopment
1 - The Contradiction of Expropriation/Appropriation of Economic Surplus
2 - The Contradiction of Metropolis-Satellite Polarization
3 - The Contradiction of Continuity in Change
B - The Capitalist Contradictions in Latin America and Chile
C - Colonial Capitalist Latin America
D - Sixteenth-Century Capitalism in Chile: Satellite Colonization
E - Seventeenth-Century Capitalism in Chile: "Classical" Capitalist Development
F - Eighteenth-Century Capitalism in Chile: Resatellization, Polarization and Underdevelopment
1 - International Polarization through Foreign Trade
2 - Domestic Polarization
3 - Latifundia-Minifundia Polarization
4 - Owner-Worker Polarization within Latifundia
5 - Polarization and Industrial Underdevelopment
G - Nineteenth-Century Capitalism in Chile: The Consolidation of Underdevelopment
1 - Attempts at Economic Independence and Development: Portales, Bulnes and Montt
2 - Free Trade and Structural Underdevelopment
3 - The Industrial Revolution Frustrated: Balmaceda and Nitrates
4 - The Consolidation of Underdevelopment
H - The Twentieth Century: Bitter Harvest of Underdevelopment
1 - The "External" Sector
2 - The "Domestic" Sector
I - Conclusion and Implications

II - On the "Indian Problem" in Latin America

A - The Problem
B - The History
C - The Structure
D - The Laborer
E - The Market
F - Capitalism

III - Capitalist Development of Underdevelopment in Brazil

A - The Model and Hypotheses
B - The Development of Underdevelopment
1 - Sugar and the Underdevelopment of the Northeast
2 - Britain and the Underdevelopment of Portugal
3 - Gold and the Underdevelopment of the Central Interior
4 - War and the Underdevelopment of the North
5 - Monopoly and the Underdevelopment of Industry
6 - Free Trade and the Consolidation of Underdevelopment
7 - Summary: Passive Involution and Underdevelopment
C - The Underdevelopment of Development
1 - Coffee and External Satellization
2 - Industry and Internal Polar Satellization
3 - Foreign Investment and Underdevelopment
4 - Crisis in the Metropolis and Active Involution in the Satellite
5 - Recovery in the Metropolis and Resatellization of Brazil
6 - Internal Colonialist Development and Capitalist Underdevelopment
7 - Imperialist Development and Capitalist Underdevelopment
D - Conclusion

IV - Capitalism and the Myth of Feudalism in Brazilian Agriculture

A - The Myth of Feudalism
1 - The Bourgeois Thesis
2 - The Traditional Marxist Theses
a - Feudalism Predates Capitalism
b - Feudalism Coexists with Capitalism
c - Feudalism is Penetrated by Capitalism
3 - Critique of the Myth of Feudalism
a - Comparison with Reality
b - Theory and Policy Conclusions
B - Capitalist Agriculture
1 - Capitalism and Underdevelopment
2 - The Principles of Organization
a - Subordinate Determination
b - Commercial Market Determination
c - Monopoly
3 - Determination of Agricultural Production, Organization and Welfare
a - Commercial Agriculture
b - Residual Agriculture
c - Under/Over Protection
d - Organization of Production on the Farm
e - Contradictions in Welfare
4 - Conclusion for Theory and Policy
5 - Postscript: Further Evidence
a - Monopoly Landownership
b - Fluidity in Owner-Worker Relations
c - Commercialization and Credit

V - Foreign Investment in Latin American Underdevelopment

A - The Problem
B - From Colonialism to Imperialism
1 - Colonial Primitive Exploitation and Accumulation
2 - Industrialization, Free Trade, and Underdevelopment
3 - Imperialist Expansion and Latin American Underdevelopment
C - Neo-Imperialism and Beyond
1 - Metropolitan Crisis and Latin American Development
2 - Metropolitan Expansion and Latin American Underdevelopment

References Cited

Index

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