TY - BOOK AU - Furtado,Celso TI - Economic development of Latin America: historical background and contemporary problems SN - 0521211972 AV - HC125 .F7813 1976 U1 - 330.9'8 PY - 1976///] CY - Cambridge, New York PB - Cambridge University Press KW - Economic development KW - Economic growth KW - Latin America N1 - Translation of Formação econômica da América Latina; Includes index; Includes bibliographical references: p. 305-312 N2 - This volume by Gelso Furtado as an academic, economic planner and minister examines the economic trends of the 1960s, providing an insight into both the period of rapid economic growth in Latin America in the 1950s and the stagnation of the last decade. The book is divided into eight parts, covering the economic history of the colonial period, the continent's place in international trade, the traditional economy, industrialization, recent (1960s) economic trends, international and intra-regional relations, and the necessity for structural changes ER -