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Discipline and development : middle classes and prosperity in East Asia and Latin America /

Perhaps the most commonly held assumption in the field of development is that middle classes are the bounty of economic modernization and growth. As countries gradually transcend their agrarian past and become urbanized and industrialized, so the logic goes, middle classes emerge and gain in number,...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Davis, Diane E., 1953-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, U.K. : Cambridge University Press, 2004.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • From victors to victims? Rural middle classes, revolutionary legacies, and the unfulfilled promise of disciplinary development in Mexico
  • Disciplinary development in a new millennium: the global context of past gains and future prospects.