Poverty and Progress: An Ecological Model of Economic DevelopmentTraces the history of American immigration and discusses the hardships, persecutions, successes, and failures of each major immigrant group. |
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Contents
Cultural evolution | 9 |
Ecological equilibrium | 18 |
Disequilibrium and | 53 |
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Poverty and Progress: An Ecological Perspective on Economic Development Richard G. Wilkinson No preview available - 1973 |
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| Title | Poverty and Progress: An Ecological Model of Economic Development Volume 486 of A University paperback original Volume 486 of University paperbacks |
| Author | Richard G. Wilkinson |
| Edition | illustrated, reprint |
| Publisher | Methuen, 1973 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | Aug 15, 2008 |
| ISBN | 0416086608, 9780416086607 |
| Length | 225 pages |
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