This volume investigates the ways in which development strategies have affected traditional cultural values and social practices. Some of the positions advanced are controversial, all are imaginative and will provoke thought and reassessment in the field. Editor(s): Marglin, Frederique Apffel; Marglin, Stephen A.; Apffel-Marglin, Frederique. Series: Wider Studies in Development Economics. Num Pages: 306 pages, 2 line drawings, tables. BIC Classification: 1FM; JFC; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 161 x 25. Weight in Grams: 652. . 1990. First Edition. hardcover. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

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Title: Dominating Knowledge: Development, Culture, and Resistance (WIDER Studies in Development Economics)
Publisher: Clarendon Press
Publication Date: 1990
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0198286945
ISBN 13: 9780198286943
Binding: Hardcover
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Investigating the ways development strategies have affected traditional cultural values and social practices, this scholarly and imaginative collection of essays critically examines the role of Western technology in development. The contributors include S. Marglin, A. Appadurai, A. Nandy, S. Viswanathan, F. Apffel Marglin, and T. Banuri.

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Fr�d�rique Apffel Marglin is at Smith College. Stephen A. Marglin is at Harvard University.

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