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ANDRE GUNDER FRANK
The Development of Underdevelopment
W: anna hope 16 formulate ade
eselopent toy ad policy fete
rarity ofthe words population who
sate tom unerdevelopmer with fit ear
Ing ow tar past economic and socal Ny
fe ise thar pres undetdevelopment. Yet
‘ost hstoans sty ony the developed meio
politan counties and yy sears anon 1 te
oni andundeevelopd Inds, For this eon
‘pot of ou theoreical egies and ses to
‘Since te historical expec ofthe colonia
and underdeveloped cotres has demonahy
teen qe iter, aval hoy therefore fal
to net tbe post ofthe underdeveloped part of
the world ety an rfl the pas of te
‘wordasawholeoniy npr More important ou
"enoranceofte underdeveloped cores sia
ods fo assume th he ps nd ned he
preset resembles carer sages of te istry of
the now developed ours, Ts inorance and
tins about contemporary underdeveloped
‘Sotepels and is examen clos ovaphont
From Monthy Review (Sept 955 173
th istry ofthe worlwide expansion od deve
pent ofthe meres ad apa en
Coomguey, ment fo teary fl Yo expan
frnernion of wndedeveloment 19 toe 0
fediys tsicdevloped couaties ae sll ine
tne. sorties dept wah orginal sag of
‘hunts wer ever andedevelpe hgh ey
lived that the contemporary ndedevelonent
relcton sey fromm economist =
Sin, nd ula chrono Face. Ye
Fer ofthe sructre and developnt of te epAside GENDER SAN The Development of Uederderopient 67
Shaun largely eroneate view thatthe develo
‘ment of Hse underdeveloped counties and
‘ie ates, mst an wile geoeated or simiated
Isropoles Hisorical perspective bated on the
deat negulites of come and dcences
foci and ecoomies in the underdvsloped
Counties Each ofthe two pats suposed to
remporay amie largely independent of the
titr. Suppoecty, on oon part ft neous
tnd society tos Dea importantly acted by in
fast worl and tht par, tel became
‘modern, capitals, an telaively developed pe=
Ciety eeu of ths contact The other pat
riety rpm a varonlyflaed subsistence:
aso: ful or precept, and Detar more
mendations to which tla wil faced pon
{ions of underdevelopment they re supposedly
“esgned w remedy
am conideat that fre histone eset il
over te past centres effectively and ently pet
fated even the appucay most Iolted sets
omic pola, sve, abd cultural tnsianions
Systm no ks thn ae te sengly more mod
fies underdeveloped counties. Analogously ©
the relations between development and. under
fevelopmect on the Hnteraonal level, te om
temporary underdeveloped nstatons of the
Snderdeveloped coun ae nol te product of
‘he single hetorcal proce af api deveoy
‘tthe supposedly more progresive ares In ths
paper I should like oshrch he Kinds of esdence
rhe support ths than athe spe te so
‘The Secreta General ote Latin Amerian Ces
Center's journal “The pivieged poston of te
Founded bythe Congueror 19 sve the same cae
that sl ses oy. corporate he ae
fous population ino di economy Bowe ad
eveloped by tht Conqueror and is descends
The eeplonal ety wast strument of congue
The Insttto Nacional Indzeista (Navona! In
shan Init) of Meno cnfin this observation
trhen inte te etn popation, ft,
Always ives nat acer oannerutral =
‘ion, which ac ut he ovtopos of eon ot
{genous poplsion nd which mai with
underdeveloped eomurstis a nite aon
fis The Insite ges ot pt outta e-
hint
soci sedependene th ei tS ee
tng comes of lntrcourse ae also ces of e-80 charvexd conrespina rensreerVes
‘he satelite of the Teron (and later of eer)
smevopolee ofthe world eonome tem, Ose
Satelite immediately becomes a colonial and then
atonal mewopols with epee t the pee
Gctive sear ad population of the snteror
Fortherors the provincial caps, whieh te
‘ae tesves elie of th national metopo
Tinandtinough the later ofthe word maton
Iis—are in tum provincial cents afound which
‘hain ofcoarlaons of mrpole an lies
elas all pare of ti woe em fom fe meto
fast ‘atpos inthe Letin American couniny=
ference 9 siete
"heap ws
sae deel ee me
tamer Coma Bee nig
hore eae po spa a
5s ad
Ste cues Fe
Sore it chee nt a
as
onal, andes! metopols in Lain Amen ind
tar thei economie development sa bet a ti
ed orunderdeveloped developmen
Branly sty of Chilean history sues that
dhe Conquest nt oly incorporated is county
‘world mecane an ater ius capa st 5-
riropolinselitesrctare and development of
‘pital int th Chilean doeteeconony ad
secnty tell Th sce then peneted td
Fermetedall Chile very auikly ince tattime
{Ee in he couse of world and Chilean history
‘lism, and he pest, Chile as bseome aero
lay sted by te ecommerce poten
trace of allt underdevelopment Tas de
Selopmeat of underdevelopment continues tse)
out io Chiles sill renting atlizaton by the
world metropolis and trough te ever more ace
polnzaton ofChilesdomestc canon)
“The history of Brazil ss peane the clare
‘ilar eo fe no
rerors declined,
foreign ané domeste econome ims in ther
wane an thy were eo develop the andere
‘lopment te ive today Inthe fourin eson. heAsn/KY GUNDIER PRANK: The Development of Undedevelopment 89
cote economy expesienced 2 smi ough not
Yet que a serous fa (though the development
‘fast eo ebtite promises to dal
this historical evidence condi the generally
ceed thes that Latin Ameria sues fom @
‘sone and tht tw are important ober #0
‘seonomie development
Ww
During he Fit World War, however, and even
ore durin te Great Depression andthe Second
tral esabinhmene whic te fe largest in Latin
[America today. The question sre whether th
‘ott el of slic development and nerd
‘stem a0 fa 1 belive that thease so. De
elopment of indusey in. Sap Paulo has aot