Frontmatter -- Table of Contents -- Introduction -- I. Economic Problems and Development in the Long Run -- II. The Impact of the Colonial Heritage on the Economic Development in the 19th and 20th Centuries -- III. International Economic Relations and their Impact on Economy, State, and Society...

"Excellent exploration of US corporate culture's 'revolutionary mission' to spread American materialist values and its consequent impact on Latin American societies; latter's reaction is a love-hate mix of acceptance and rejection"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 57