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 [0xc0008532c0 0xc000d73590 0xc000d73a70 0xc000d8a990 0xc000db8fc0 0xc000dd0330 0xc001b93b30 0xc001fc9c20 0xc002006f90 0xc002262210 0xc00017c4e0 0xc000314900 0xc000375620 0xc0003757d0 0xc000295620 0xc00024ae70 0xc00024baa0 0xc0002605d0 0xc000261f50 0xc0004e3890 0xc000a33e00 0xc000291260 0xc000718360 0xc0007bd500 0xc0007e45a0 0xc000545950 0xc0005a07e0 0xc00064c000 0xc00066a1e0 0xc000303770 0xc00032e7b0 0xc000560120 0xc000619e30 0xc00109f830 0xc001f2cc30 0xc00044b860 0xc0018f9020 0xc002414d20 0xc00017b290 0xc000666780 0xc001036f60 0xc001057080 0xc00148f650 0xc0015a2c60 0xc001602f90 0xc0020af590] 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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