Frontmatter -- Table of Contents -- Introduction -- I. Economic Problems and Development in the Long Run -- II. The Impact of the Colonial Heritage on the Economic Development in the 19th and 20th Centuries -- III. International Economic Relations and their Impact on Economy, State, and Society -- IV. Agrarian Structures and Economic Development -- V. Industrialization: Contrasting Patterns in North and South -- About the Authors -- Bibliography -- Backmatter