Europe's Third World
Title | Europe's Third World PDF eBook |
Author | Derek H. Aldcroft |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 224 |
Release | 2016-04-29 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1317138872 |
Economic historians have perennially addressed the intriguing question of comparative development, asking why some countries develop much faster and further than others. Focusing primarily on Europe between 1914 and 1939, this present volume explores the development of thirteen countries that could be said to be categorised as economically backward during this period: Albania, Bulgaria, Estonia, Greece, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Spain, Turkey and Yugoslavia. These countries are linked, not only in being geographically on Europe's periphery, but all shared high agrarian components and income levels much lower than those enjoyed in western European countries. The study shows that by 1918 many of these countries had structural characteristics which either relegated them to a low level of development or reflected their economic backwardness, characteristics that were not helped by the hostile economic climate of the interwar period. It explores, region by region, how their progress was checked by war and depression, and how the effects of political and social factors could also be a major impediment to sustained progress and modernisation. For example, in many cases political corruption and instability, deficient administrations, ethnic and religious diversity, agrarian structures and backwardness, population pressures, as well as international friction, were retarding factors. In all this study offers a fascinating insight into many areas of Europe that are often ignored by economists and historians. It demonstrates that these countries were by no means a lost cause, and that their post-war performances show the latent economic potential that most harboured. By providing an insight into the development of Europe's 'periphery' a much more rounded and complete picture of the continent as a whole is achieved.
Europe's Third World: the European Periphery in the Interwar Years
Title | Europe's Third World: the European Periphery in the Interwar Years PDF eBook |
Author | Derek Howard Aldcroft |
Publisher | |
Pages | 217 |
Release | 2006 |
Genre | Europe |
ISBN |
Europe and the Third World
Title | Europe and the Third World PDF eBook |
Author | Bernard Waites |
Publisher | Red Globe Press |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 1999-07-13 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0333588681 |
This book examines the impact of European expansion into the Americas, Asia and Africa in terms of Europe's own development and the "underdevelopment" of the so-called Third World.
Europe's Third World
Title | Europe's Third World PDF eBook |
Author | Derek H. Aldcroft |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 230 |
Release | 2016-04-29 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1317138880 |
Economic historians have perennially addressed the intriguing question of comparative development, asking why some countries develop much faster and further than others. Focusing primarily on Europe between 1914 and 1939, this present volume explores the development of thirteen countries that could be said to be categorised as economically backward during this period: Albania, Bulgaria, Estonia, Greece, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Spain, Turkey and Yugoslavia. These countries are linked, not only in being geographically on Europe's periphery, but all shared high agrarian components and income levels much lower than those enjoyed in western European countries. The study shows that by 1918 many of these countries had structural characteristics which either relegated them to a low level of development or reflected their economic backwardness, characteristics that were not helped by the hostile economic climate of the interwar period. It explores, region by region, how their progress was checked by war and depression, and how the effects of political and social factors could also be a major impediment to sustained progress and modernisation. For example, in many cases political corruption and instability, deficient administrations, ethnic and religious diversity, agrarian structures and backwardness, population pressures, as well as international friction, were retarding factors. In all this study offers a fascinating insight into many areas of Europe that are often ignored by economists and historians. It demonstrates that these countries were by no means a lost cause, and that their post-war performances show the latent economic potential that most harboured. By providing an insight into the development of Europe's 'periphery' a much more rounded and complete picture of the continent as a whole is achieved.
Europe's Third World?
Title | Europe's Third World? PDF eBook |
Author | Derek Howard Aldcroft |
Publisher | |
Pages | 32 |
Release | 1996 |
Genre | Europe |
ISBN |
The Third Sector in Europe
Title | The Third Sector in Europe PDF eBook |
Author | Adalbert Evers |
Publisher | Edward Elgar Publishing |
Pages | 300 |
Release | 2004-01-01 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9781843769774 |
The contributors examine the voluntary & non-profit sectors in Europe. They discuss a number of issues regarding this 'third' sector.
Europe and the Third World
Title | Europe and the Third World PDF eBook |
Author | Bernard Waites |
Publisher | Palgrave Macmillan |
Pages | 354 |
Release | 1999 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9780312222079 |
This stimulating analysis of Europe's role in world history focuses on Western economic expansion into the regions loosely known as the "Third World." Bernard Waites begins with the very origins of the term "Third World" and the attempts to theorize global inequality in modern history on the part of the "dependency" writers and those writing from a "world systems" perspective. Subsequent chapters analyze the intercontinental connections forged by Europeans with Latin America, Asia, Africa and South Asia, challenging many common assumptions about the Third World's history and providing an essential context to contemporary debates about post-colonialism.