Colonialism and Postcolonial Development Spanish America in Comparative Perspective

Name: Colonialism and Postcolonial Development Spanish America in Comparative Perspective
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ISBN: 9780521133289

ISBN-10: 0521133289

ISBN-13: 9780521133289

Edition: 2010

Authors: James Mahoney

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Book details

List price: $47.95
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 2/15/2010
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 424
Size: 6.14" wide x 9.21" long x 0.87" tall
Weight: 1.606
Language: English



List of Tables, Figures, and Maps


Preface



Explaining Levels of Colonialism and Postcolonial Development


Relative Levels of Development


Existing Perspectives and Their Limitations: New Principles for Case Analysis


A General Theory of Colonialism and Development


A Focus on Spanish America



Spain and Its Colonial Empire in the Americas


The Mercantilist Phase, 1492-1700


The Liberal Phase, 1700-1808


Conclusion



Mercantilist Colonialism


The Colonial Centers


The Colonial Peripheries


The Colonial Semiperipheries


Conclusion



Liberal Colonialism


The Rising Peripheries


The Mercantilist Carryovers


The Fallen Cores


The Sustained Peripheries


Conclusion



Warfare and Postcolonial Development


The Effect of Warfare on Development


Costa Rican Exceptionalism in Central America


Contrasting Paths: Chile and Paraguay


Conclusion



Postcolonial Levels of Development


Postcolonial Economic Development


Postcolonial Social Development


Conclusion



British and Portuguese Colonialism


The British Colonial Empire


Portuguese America


Conclusion



Conclusion


Summation


Implications


Notes


Glossary


Select Bibliography of Works on Colonial Spanish America


Index