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by Alfonso Gonzalez, Jim Norwine. 323 pgs.

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Table of contents
List of Tables, Figures, and Maps ***1000000 vii
Preface, Jim Norwine ix
Introduction, Alfonso Gonzalez 1
Part One Thematic and Systematic Patterns
1 The Third World: Definitions and New Perspectives on Development, Srinivas R. Melkote and Allen H. Merriam 9
2 Indexes and Trends in Socioeconomic Development, Alfonso Gonzalez 28
3 Coming Out of the Country: Population Growth, Migration, and Urbanization, Gary S. Elbow 52
4 Health: One World or Two? R. Warwick Armstrong and Jerome D. Fellmann 75
5 Gender Bias in Development, Janet Henshall Momsen 93
6 Worlds Within Worlds: The Separate Reality of Indigenous Peoples Today, Elmer Brian Goehring 112
7 The Global Spread of the Democratic Revolution, Thomas D. Anderson 123
Part Two Third World Regions
8 The Caribbean Basin: Cultural and Political Diversity Overview, Thomas D. Anderson 143
9 South America: Continent of Contrasts, Alfonso Gonzalez 166
10 The Arab World: Advance amid Diversity, Raja Kamal and Souheil Moukaddem 184
11 South Asia: A Region of Conflicts and Contradictions, Bheru Sukhwal 201
12 East and Southeast Asia: Perspectives on Growth and Change, Stephen S. Chang 220
13 Sub-Saharan Africa: Problems, Progress, and Potentials, Harold A. Fisher 242
14 Newly Industrializing Countries: A Discussion of Terms, Stephen S. Chang and Joseph G. Spinelli 264
15 USA: Is There Room for the Third World? Joel Lieske 279
About the Editors and Contributors 309
Index 311
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