This is a revised edition of a seminal work on the nature of underdevelopment. It includes a new foreword and appendixes on the significance of plantations to T
This volume presents papers by George Beckford which cover topics ranging from agricultural economics to political economy, to the social economy of man space,
Examination of the ways in which structural characteristics of the plantation system influence the economic development process in developing countries, particu
What is Plantation Economy An economy that is focused on agricultural mass production, typically of a small number of commodity crops, is known as a plantation