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Peer reviewedBunker, Stephen G. – American Journal of Sociology, 1984
A model organized around the predominance of specific commodities at different times is used in a case study of the sequence of extractive export economies in the Amazon basin from the colonial period to the present. Such a model highlights the differences between extractive and productive economies. (Author/IS)
Descriptors: Capitalism, Case Studies, Developing Nations, Economic Development
Maier, Joseph, Ed.; Weatherhead, Richard W., Ed. – 1979
A comparative overview is presented of the Latin American university, which is seen as an institution with a particular history and definite role. Chapters are as follows: "The Latin American University: An Introduction," by Joseph Maier and Richard W. Weatherhead; "Origin and Philosophy of the Spanish American University," by…
Descriptors: College Faculty, College Role, College Students, Comparative Education
