In the Mirror of the Third World : : Capitalist Development in Modern Europe / / Sandra Halperin.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Archive Pre-2000
• VerfasserIn: Halperin, Sandra,
• Place / Publishing House: Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2018]; ©1997
• Year of Publication: 2018
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (288 p.) :; 20 tables
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Preface --; 1. The Development of Industrial Capitalism and Democracy in Europe and in the Contemporary Third World --; 2. Europe's Colonial Past and "Artificially" Constructed States --; 3. Nationalism, the Aristocracy, and the State --; 4. The Erroneous Class Succession Thesis --; 5. Dependency and Development in Europe --; 6. Between Feudalism and Capitalism: Industrial Development in Europe before the World Wars --; 7. The Myth of European Democracy before the World Wars --; 8. Conclusions: Industrial Capitalist Development in Comparative-Historical Perspective --; Statistical Appendix --; Political Appendix --; References --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781501725463; 9783110536171
• DOI: 10.7591/9781501725463
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Sandra Halperin.

In Marx's familiar dictum, the more-developed country shows the less developed an image of its own future. Turning this idea upside down, In the Mirror of the Third World looks to the contemporary Third World for a reflection of European history. The resulting view challenges standard accounts of European social, economic, and political development. Sandra Halperin's analysis of the European experience begins where studies of Third World development often start: considering the legacies of colonial domination. Europe also had a colonial past, she reminds us, and the states of Europe, like those of today's Third World, were the product of colonialism and imperialism. From this starting point, Halperin traces features characteristic of Third World development through the history of European capitalism: enclave economies oriented to foreign markets; weak middle classes; alliances among the state, traditional landowning elites, and new industrial classes; unstable and partial democracy; sharp inequalities; and increasing poverty—all as much a part of European society on the eve of World War I as they are of developing countries today. Halperin also emphasizes the emergence of a militant, literal religion in Europe and its critical role in the class struggles of the nineteenth century.