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This is a revised edition of a seminal work on the nature of underdevelopment. It includes a new foreword and appendixes on the significance of plantations to Third World economies and the contribution that George Beckford made to Caribbean economic thought.

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An extremely important contribution to our understanding of underdevelopment... It is in the subtlety of detail as much as the finely developed major thrust of the book that Beckford succeeds in creating that most difficult scholarly work: a multidisciplinary study of an entire genus of society which is coherent and convincing on both general and specific levels. - Journal of Modern African Studies

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George L. Beckford has had a lasting impact on Caribbean scholarship and development. He taught at the University of the West Indies, Jamaica, for over 25 years and was visiting professor at various universities abroad. His contribution to Caribbean scholarship and development is evidenced by his works, which include 8 books, 41 journal articles and numerous reports, some of which are unpublished. In recognition of his work and influence in the region and the Third World, the George Beckford Foundation was launched on 24 June 1992 by the Prime Minister of Jamaica, the Honourable Percival James Patterson, Q.C.

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