Cover -- Contents -- Series Preface -- 1. Discordant Developments: An Introduction -- 2. Histories of Connection: Colonialism, Migration and Multinationals -- 3. Material Connections: Resources and Livelihoods in Duniyapur -- 4. Our Own Poor: Social Connections, 'Helping' and Claims to...

Research on economic growth suggests that the era of colonization has had an impact on the levels of economic development of countries around the globe. However, why some countries were colonized early, some late, and others not at all, and what effect these differences have had on current...