Thesis abstract / Blurb -- Preface: economic thought and the intellectual legacy of colonialism -- Acknowledgments -- William Petty : biographical and historical background -- Petty and the colonialist roots of development economics -- Petty's economic thought and the fiscal-military state --...

Preface / Joseph L. Love? -- Introduction / Alexandre Mendes Cunha & Carlos Eduardo Suprinyak -- International dissemination of economic ideas -- Political economy and latin american independence from the 19th to the 20th century / Alexandre Mendes Cunha & Carlos Eduardo Suprinyak -- Circulating...

From dependent free state to EEC member-state; economic policies 1922-1973 -- A new frontier; the EEC/EU and economic governance: 1973-2011 -- Nature's bounty; agriculture and natural resources -- Late industrialization; from import substitution to foreign direct investment -- From good haircuts...

The essays in this volume explore and discuss the process of dissemination of economic ideas among Europe's less developed countries and regions, as well as the interaction between economic thought and economic policy during the nineteenth century

part 1. International dissemination of economic ideas -- part 2. Protectionism and free trade in the nineteenth century -- part 3. Ideas from abroad -- part 4. Doing political economy in Latin America -- part 5. Nationalism and economic development in Latin America.