Technology and economic development : A Scientific American Book / [by various contributors to September 1963 issue of Scientific American]

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Knopf, 1963.Edition: 1st editionDescription: xi, 205 pages : maps and diagrams ; 22 cmUniform titles:
  • Scientific American.
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 338.09
LOC classification:
  • HC 59 .S363 1963
Online resources:
Contents:
Technology and economic development / by Asa Briggs -- Population / by Kingsley Davis -- Food / by Nevin S. Scrimshaw -- Water / by Roger Revelle -- Energy / by Sam H. Schurr -- Minerals / by Julian W. Feiss -- Education for development / by Frederick Harbison -- The structure of development / by Wassily Leontief -- The development of Nigeria / by Wolfgang F. Stolper -- The development of India / by Pitambar Pant -- The development of Brazil / by Celso Furtado -- The development of the U.S. South / by Arthur Goldschmidt -- The planning of development / by Edward S. Mason.
Summary: "The cruelest cost of this next phase of the industrial revolution will be its human cost... It is at this point that the rich nations might intervene to change the course of history: the surpluses of high technology can balance the defecits of the poor nations and minimize the cost to the living generations of the rich and poor alike. This is the human vision that men have in mind today when they speak of 'economic development.' The authors of this book have collaborated in a a careful, professional appraisal of the possibility... This book is the product of a venture in science journalism. Its chapters made up the content of a single-topic issue of Scientific American, published in September 1963." -- from the preface
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This book contains chapters of a single-topic issue focused on technology and economic development published in September 1963 by Scientific American.

Contains bibliographical references (pages [201]-205).

Technology and economic development / by Asa Briggs -- Population / by Kingsley Davis -- Food / by Nevin S. Scrimshaw -- Water / by Roger Revelle -- Energy / by Sam H. Schurr -- Minerals / by Julian W. Feiss -- Education for development / by Frederick Harbison -- The structure of development / by Wassily Leontief -- The development of Nigeria / by Wolfgang F. Stolper -- The development of India / by Pitambar Pant -- The development of Brazil / by Celso Furtado -- The development of the U.S. South / by Arthur Goldschmidt -- The planning of development / by Edward S. Mason.

"The cruelest cost of this next phase of the industrial revolution will be its human cost... It is at this point that the rich nations might intervene to change the course of history: the surpluses of high technology can balance the defecits of the poor nations and minimize the cost to the living generations of the rich and poor alike. This is the human vision that men have in mind today when they speak of 'economic development.' The authors of this book have collaborated in a a careful, professional appraisal of the possibility... This book is the product of a venture in science journalism. Its chapters made up the content of a single-topic issue of Scientific American, published in September 1963." -- from the preface

Chapters originally published in: September 1963 issue of Scientific American.

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