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In the Mirror of the Third World - Capitalist Development in Modern Europe (Paperback, New)
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In the Mirror of the Third World - Capitalist Development in Modern Europe (Paperback, New)
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In Marx's familiar dictum, the more-developed country shows the
less developed an image of its own future. Turning this idea upside
down, In the Mirror of the Third World looks to the contemporary
Third World for a reflection of European history. The resulting
view challenges standard accounts of European social, economic, and
political development. Sandra Halperin's analysis of the European
experience begins where studies of Third World development often
start: considering the legacies of colonial domination. Europe also
had a colonial past, she reminds us, and the states of Europe, like
those of today's Third World, were the product of colonialism and
imperialism. From this starting point, Halperin traces features
characteristic of Third World development through the history of
European capitalism: enclave economies oriented to foreign markets;
weak middle classes; alliances among the state, traditional
landowning elites, and new industrial classes; unstable and partial
democracy; sharp inequalities; and increasing poverty all as much a
part of European society on the eve of World War I as they are of
developing countries today. Halperin also emphasizes the emergence
of a militant, literal religion in Europe and its critical role in
the class struggles of the nineteenth century."
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