The Asiatic Mode of Production - a new Phoenix (Part 2).

From: Journal of Contemporary Asia | Date: October 1, 2005| Author: Cooper, Steve; Jaksic, Miomir; McFarlane, Bruce | Copyright information

In Part 2 of this essay, more details will be given about the points raised by economic historians and other experts on AMP whose works were reviewed in Part 1. The aim is to go further into the nature of AMP, into its implications for theories of social development and for theories of development and for an understanding of contemporary Asia.

Nature of AMP

Perhaps Marx and Engels were the most enthusiastic commentators on AMP in the 19th Century. Their stress...

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