Book Details
Format
Kindle
Language
English
Published
Oct 21, 2015
Description
This book provides a complete and powerful overview of what the idea of development has meant. Rist traces it from its origins in the Western view of history, through the early stages of the world system, the rise of U.S. hegemony, the supposed triumph of the third world, through to new concerns about the environment and globalization.
Genres
History