Description:
Originally published in 1973 and now reissued with a new Preface, this striking book challenges the whole structure of our thinking on how societies develop - why some are primitive and others advanced.
Review Quotes:
'The work is rich in new perceptions and marked by a capacity for seeing things in their organic interrelations. It is also refreshingly free of jargon...' The Times Educational Supplement
'...a highly original thesis on economic development...I do not hesitate to call this book brilliant.' Journal of Agricultural Economics