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O'Toole, Tom – 1978
Using case studies of French-speaking West Africa and Southern Appalachia, this paper examines the role of traditional culture in developing regions by challenging current theories on that subject. The capitalistic and Marxist approaches that dominated well into the 1960s maintained that elimination of traditional social relations and values was…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Cultural Background, Cultural Differences, Cultural Influences
