This new edition has been extensively revised, new chapters have been added and the reading lists updated.
Though the volume is designed as a basic introductory text the authors elicit some of the lessons that can be learnt from a study of past development, one of which is the limited power of governments to influence the course of events and to combat the operation of market forces.
Derek H. Aldcroft is a University Fellow, School of Historical Studies, University of Leicester, UK
Steven Morewood is a Senior Lecturer in International History at the University of Birmingham, UK