W. W. Rostow

The Stages of Economic Growth

A Non-Communist Manifesto [First Edition]

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Produktbeschreibung

2017 Reprint of 1960 First Edition. Full facsimile of the original edition, not reproduced with Optical Recognition software. In the text Professor Rostow gives an account of economic growth based on a dynamic theory of production and interpreted in terms of actual societies. Five basic stages of economic growth are distinguished with detailed discussions of each stage including illustrative examples. Rostow also applies the concept of stages of growth to an examination of the problems of military aggression and the nuclear arms race. The final chapter includes a comparison of his non-communist manifesto with Marxist theory. Remains a classic text on the subject.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Martino Fine Books
• Seitenzahl: 192
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. Oktober 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 11mm
• Gewicht: 301g
• ISBN-13: 9781684221578
• ISBN-10: 1684221579
• Artikelnr.: 49567726

Inhaltsangabe

Preface to the third edition
Preface to the second edition
Preface to the first edition
1. Introduction
2. The five stages-of-growth - a summary
3. The preconditions for take-off
4. The take-off
5. The drive to maturity
6. The age of high mass-consumption
7. Russian and American growth
8. Relative stages-of-growth and aggression
9. The relative stages-of-growth and the problem of peace
10. Marxism, communism, and the stages-of-growth
Appendix A. The diffusion of the private automobile
Appendix B. The critics and the evidence
Code. Reflections on the debate as of 1990
Acknowledgments
Index.