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IN PROMOTING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, ONE MUST FIND THE MEANS BY WHICH A PATTERN OF SUSTAINED TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE, RESULTING IN INCREASING OUTPUT AND INCOME, CAN BE ACHIEVED. SEEN IN THIS WAY, TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE IS ONLY THE PROXIMATE, NOT THE BASIC AND ULTIMATE, SOURCE OF MODERN ECONOMIC GROWTH. IT IS TRUE THAT PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH IS THE PRIMARY MEANS BY WHICH A LONG-TERM INCREASE IN PRODUCTION IS ACHIEVED; BUT FOR NEW TECHNOLOGY ITSELF "TO BE EMPLOYED EFFICIENTLY AND WIDELY, AND INDEED, FOR ITS OWN PROGRESS TO BE STIMULATED," WRITES SIMON KUZNETS (1973: 65), "INSTITUTIONAL AND IDEOLOGICAL ADJUSTMENTS MUST BE MADE" THUS, IF ADVANCING TECHNOLOGY IS A SUFFICIENT CONDITION FOR ECONOMIC GROWTH, IT IS NECESSARY TO CREATE AN INSTUTIONAL CONTEXT IN WHICH THE APPLICATION OF MODERN SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING TO LOCAL PRODUCTION IS FEASIBLE AND IS ENCOURAGED. FAILING TO ESTABLISH SUCH A DOMESTIC INSTUTIONAL CONTEXT, ANY NATION-SOCIALIST OR NONSOCIALIST-IS SEVERELY HANDICAPPED IN ITS EFFORT TO ACHIEVE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. TO THE EXTENT THAT SUCH INSTITUTIONS ARE NOT PRESENT, A NATION'S GROWTH WILL BE DEPENDENT UPON THE IMPORTATION OF RESOURCES AND PRODUCTION METHODS FROM ABROAD. GROWTH IN OUTPUT MAY OCCUR IN THIS WAY; THE HOST COUNTRY MAY, IN FACT, BE THE BENEFICIARY OF FAVORABLE RESOURCE FLOWS. BUT SUCH GROWTH WILL BE AT GREAT RISK. A DECREASE IN THE INFLOW WILL SLOW THE RATE OF GROWTH, AND THE COUNTRY WILL BE POORLY EQUIPPED TO GENERATE A COMPENSATING ROUND OF GROWTH BASED UPON ITS PY: 1984

"Slavery is never past in the way that we usually think it is: it is present both materially and psychologically in the lives of descendant communities, and it is an institution that persists internationally. Consequently, it is imperative that we fully understand the impacts and mechanisms of enslavement in the past so that we can help to dismantle them in the present. In recent years, researchers have used archaeological, sociological, and historical data to examine the lives of enslaved people. Using data not only from archaeological, sociological, and historical sources, but also original osteological, archaeological, and oral historical data, the author weaves stories about the lives of enslaved people that are personal and meaningful, and that take into account both the physical and psychological effects of enslavement"--

"Traces labor migration of women from Eastern Caribbean to oil-producing countries such as Venezuela, Trinidad, Curaçao, and especially Aruba. Discusses women's participation in the labor force, gender relations, domestic service, the social and economic position of the migrants, and motherhood. Argues that US investments are an important factor in the migration of Caribbean women"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 57

To what extent are current approaches to disaster recovery and development just? Can we secure sustainable futures in the (post-) Anthropocene? Mimi Sheller's book, Island futures: Caribbean survival in the Anthropocene, offers approaches to "just recovery" through articulations of "countergeographies, countermobilities [and] various alternative ontologies" (p. 23). These approaches connect to historically grounded conceptions of the environment and suggest creative linkages to the future, emphasizing visions for transnational solidarities that are deeply seated within radical Caribbean traditions. Against the backdrop of relentless struggles to address climate change impacts, this monograph effectively disrupts and challenges our "presentist", myopic perspectives toward disaster recovery and reconstruction. ; N/A