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Capitalism and Underdevelopment in Latin America. Historical Studies of Chile and Brazil

Andre Gunder Frank
- 01 Aug 1968 - 
- Vol. 48, Iss: 3, pp 453-455
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In this article, Frank lays to rest the myth of Latin American feudalism, demonstrating in the process the impossibility of a bourgeois revolution in a part of the world which is already part and parcel of the capitalist system.
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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. Dr. Frank lays to rest the myth of Latin American feudalism, demonstrating in the process the impossibility of a bourgeois revolution in a part of the world which is already part and parcel of the capitalist system.

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