On the Mechanisms of Imperialism

The Case of Brazil

Dados Bibliográficos

ID9200799
AutoresAndre Gunder Frank (0000-0002-8372-4543, autor correspondente)
Ano1964
Volume16
Fascículo5
Páginas284
Data de publicação1964-09-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoMonthly Review (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0027-0520 • E-ISSN: 0027-0520
EditoraMonthly Review Foundation (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.14452/mr-016-05-1964-09_2
OpenAlexW1990826055
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas4

In an article which appeared in The Nation of April 27, 1964, entitled "Brazil in Perspective," I examined the official Brazilian and U.S. views of economic relations between the two countries as presented by Roberto de Oliveira Campos who was then Brazilian Ambassador in Washington and is now the minister in charge of economic policy in the military dictatorship which took power in April, and by Lincoln Gordon, then and now American Ambassador to Brazil. My conclusions were that both official views are wrong: the United States does not help Brazil a lot (Gordon) or a little (Campos), but rather exploits Brazil unmercifully and stunts and distorts its economic development. In this article I propose to probe more deeply into these questions, especially in the hope of throwing light on a few of the numerous and often hidden mechanisms of which the imperialist countries make use in their relations with the colonial and semi-colonial countries of the underdeveloped world.This article can also be found at the Monthly Review website, where most recent articles are published in full.Click here to purchase a PDF version of this article at the Monthly Review website

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