Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE TO THE PAPERBACK EDITION -- PROLOGUE -- INTRODUCTION: LOCAL INDUSTRIAL SYSTEMS -- 1 GENESIS: UNIVERSITIES, MILITARY SPENDING, AND ENTREPRENEURS -- 2 SILICON VALLEY: COMPETITION AND COMMUNITY -- 3 ROUTE 128: INDEPENDENCE AND HIERARCHY -- 4 BETTING ON A PRODUCT...

This is the completely revised and updated version of the immensely successful Sociology of the Third World. The book is about the division of the world into rich and poor countries, and the disparities between rich and poor people, especially in poor countries. Chapters on world population...