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BL
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| Record Number
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984848
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b739218
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| Main Entry
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Harrison, Paul.
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| Title & Author
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Inside the Third World : : the anatomy of poverty /\ Paul Harrison.
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| Edition Statement
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3rd ed.
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| Publication Statement
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London ;New York :: Penguin Books,, ©1993.
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| Series Statement
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Penguin politics
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| Page. NO
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529 pages :: maps ;; 20 cm
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| ISBN
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0140134824
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: 0140172173
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: 9780140134827
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: 9780140172171
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 486-501) and index.
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| Contents
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The roots of poverty -- The cruel Sun : the curse of the tropics -- Winner takes all : pre-colonial societies and colonialism -- The westernization of the world -- Ill fares the land : agriculture and agrarian problems -- Eco-catastrophe in Africa -- Polarization in Asia -- Land or death in Latin America -- The shrinking Earth : ecological threats -- Hell is a city : urbanization and industry -- Exodus : the rural poor vote with their feet -- The promised land : skyscrapers and shanty towns -- Workless of the world : success and failure of big industry -- The curious economy -- The lost people : the underdevelopment of man -- Sins of the the fathers : how people underdevelop -- The sorcerer's apprentice : population -- Man is what he eats : malnutrition -- Death control : the diseases of poverty -- The alienation machine : the uneducated and the miseducated -- The poorest of the poor : women's lot -- The power context -- Unto every one that hath : the unfair world economy -- Something is rotten in the state : the politics of poverty -- Princes and paupers : poverty and inequality -- The limits to unequal growth.
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| Abstract
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Studies the political, social, and economic factors that lead to the poverty, malnutrition, and civil unrest found in Third World countries.
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Poverty.
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Economic history.
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Poverty.
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Developing Countries.
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Economics.
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Poverty.
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Sociology.
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Poverty-- Developing countries.
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Developing countries, Economic conditions.
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Developing countries.
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Países en desarrollo, Condiciones económicas.
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Developing countries.
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| Dewey Classification
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330.91724
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| LC Classification
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HC59.7.H354 1993
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