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W. Arthur Lewis and the Birth of Development Economics

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Frontmatter i
Contents v
Illustrations vii
Preface ix
INTRODUCTION 1
CHAPTER 1. Getting Started: Education and Race 6
CHAPTER 2. The Colonial Office 42
CHAPTER 3. Unlimited Supplies of Labor 79
CHAPTER 4. The Gold Coast 109
CHAPTER 5. Ghana’s Chief Economic Adviser, 1957–58 144
CHAPTER 6. Ghana: Part 2 179
CHAPTER 7. The West Indies, 1959–63 212
CHAPTER 8. The Princeton Years, 1963-91 240
CONCLUSION 268
Bibliography 279
Index 303

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Chapters in this book

Frontmatter i
Contents v
Illustrations vii
Preface ix
INTRODUCTION 1
CHAPTER 1. Getting Started: Education and Race 6
CHAPTER 2. The Colonial Office 42
CHAPTER 3. Unlimited Supplies of Labor 79
CHAPTER 4. The Gold Coast 109
CHAPTER 5. Ghana’s Chief Economic Adviser, 1957–58 144
CHAPTER 6. Ghana: Part 2 179
CHAPTER 7. The West Indies, 1959–63 212
CHAPTER 8. The Princeton Years, 1963-91 240
CONCLUSION 268
Bibliography 279
Index 303

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