Essays on the Theory of Plantation Economy: An Institutional and Historical Approach to Caribbean Economic Development

by Lloyd Best (Author), KariPolanyiLevitt (Author), NormanGirvan (Foreword)

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  Paperback
  2009

  $58.49

  Offers insights insight into the underpinnings of the theory of plantation economy initiated by Lloyd Best and Kari Levitt in the 1960s as a basis for analyzing the nature of Caribbean economy. This book identifies the main features of the plantation economy as a hinterland characterized by subordination and dependency on the dominant metropole.