Agricultural Development in the World Periphery: A Global Economic History Approach (Palgrave Studies in Economic History)

This book brings together analysis on the conditions of agricultural sectors in countries and regions of the world's peripheries, from a wide variety of international contributors. The contributors to this volume proffer an understanding of the processes of agricultural transformations and their interaction with the overall economies of Africa, Asia and Latin America. Looking at the nineteenth and twentieth centuries - the onset of modern economic growth - the book studies the relationship between agriculture and other economic sectors, exploring the use of resources (land, labour, capital) and the influence of institutional and technological factors in the long-run performance of agricultural activities. Pinilla and Willebald challenge the notion that agriculture played a negligible role in promoting economic development in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, when the impulse towards industrialization in the developing world was more impactful. .-- Provided by publisher Front Matter ....Pages i-xxvi Front Matter ....Pages 1-1 Agricultural Development in the World Periphery: A General Overview (Vicente Pinilla, Henry Willebald)....Pages 3-27 Between the Engine and the Fifth Wheel: An Analytical Survey of the Shifting Roles of Agriculture in Development Theory (Martin Andersson, Emelie Rohne Till)....Pages 29-61 The World Periphery in Global Agricultural and Food Trade, 1900–2000 (Gema Aparicio, Ángel Luis González-Esteban, Vicente Pinilla, Raúl Serrano)....Pages 63-88 Plantations and Economic Development in the Twentieth Century: The End of an Era? (Derek Byerlee, P. K. Viswanathan)....Pages 89-117 Front Matter ....Pages 119-119 Ghana’s Recurrent Miracle: Cocoa Cycles and Deficient Structural Change (Christer Gunnarsson)....Pages 121-151 Initial Conditions and Agricultural Development in Zambia, 1915–2015 (Ellen Hillbom, Samuel Jenkin)....Pages 153-178 Maize and Gold: South African Agriculture’s Transition from Suppression to Support, 1886–1948 (Jan C. Greyling, Nick Vink, Emily van der Merwe)....Pages 179-204 Front Matter ....Pages 205-205 The Agriculture–Macroeconomy Growth Link in India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh: 1900–2000 (Takashi Kurosaki)....Pages 207-234 Southeast Asian Agricultural Growth: 1930–2010 (Anne Booth)....Pages 235-255 The Two Rice Deltas of Vietnam: A Century of Failure and Success (Montserrat López Jerez)....Pages 257-280 Transforming Indonesia: Structural Change from a Regional Perspective, 1968–2010 (Tobias Axelsson, Andrés Palacio)....Pages 281-305 Perspectives on Agricultural and Grain Output Growth in China from the 19th Century to the Present Day (Robert Ash, Jun Du, Cheng King)....Pages 307-334 Front Matter ....Pages 335-335 The Goose That Laid the Golden Eggs? Agricultural Development in Latin America in the 20th Century (Miguel Martín-Retortillo, Vicente Pinilla, Jackeline Velazco, Henry Willebald)....Pages 337-363 Agricultural Development in Australia: 1845–2015 (Kym Anderson)....Pages 365-387 From Backwardness to Global Agricultural Powerhouse: The Transition of Brazilian Agriculture (Charles C. Mueller, Bernardo Mueller)....Pages 389-412 Development Models, Agricultural Policies and Agricultural Growth: Peru, 1950–2010 (Jackeline Velazco, Vicente Pinilla)....Pages 413-438 Land Frontier Expansion in Settler Economies, 1830–1950: Was It a Ricardian Process? (Henry Willebald, Javier Juambeltz)....Pages 439-466 Technological Change and Productivity Growth in the Agrarian Systems of New Zealand and Uruguay (1870–2010) (Jorge Álvarez Scanniello)....Pages 467-492 Back Matter ....Pages 493-507 "This book brings together analysis on the conditions of agricultural sectors in countries and regions of the world's peripheries, from a wide variety of international contributors. The contributors to this volume proffer an understanding of the processes of agricultural transformations and their interaction with the overall economies of Africa, Asia, and Latin America. Looking at the nineteenth and twentieth centuries- the onset of modern economic growth- the book studies the relationship between agriculture and other economic sectors, exploring the use of resources (land, labour, capital) and the influence of institutional and technological factors in the long-run performance of agricultural activities. Pinilla and Willebald challenge the notion that agriculture played a negligible role in promoting economic development in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, when the impulse towards industrialization in the developing world was more impactful."--Book cover