02952nam 22005891 450 991082050990332120190320102330.01-4742-9174-01-4742-9173-210.5040/9781474291743(CKB)3710000000840830(EBL)4659860(MiAaPQ)EBC4659860(Au-PeEL)EBL4659860(CaPaEBR)ebr11252531(OCoLC)957700190(OCoLC)1090429555(UtOrBLW)bpp09262823(EXLCZ)99371000000084083020190321d2016 uy 0engur|n|---|||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierThird world handbook second edition /by Guy ArnoldSecond edition.London :Bloomsbury Publishing,2016.1 online resource (242 p.)History and politics in the 20th century: Bloomsbury AcademicDescription based upon print version of record.1-4742-9172-4 0-304-32835-9 Includes bibliographical references and index.1.End of Empires -- 2.The United Nations -- 3.The Third World and Non-Alignment -- 4.Third World Regional Groupings -- 1.Africa -- 2.The Middle East -- 3.Eastern Asia -- 4.Latin America and the Caribbean -- 5.The Commonwealth -- 6.The EC and the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group (ACP) -- 5.Aid and Its Agencies -- 6.OPEC and Oil Power -- 7.A New International Economic Order -- 8.The Population Factor -- 9.Resources and Exploitation -- 10.Biographical Notes -- 11.Country Gazetteer."What is it that allowed countries as diverse as Brazil and India, Kuwait and Grenada, Nigeria and Fiji to be labelled as Third World? Generously illustrated with maps, charts and tables, The Third World Handbook encapsulates in one volume the chief developments, achievements, problems and attitudes which between them have produced what we call the Third World up until the early 1990s. The book further covers topics such as the end of the European-ruled empires; the role of the United Nations; the Non-Aligned Movement; the development of aid agencies, the advent of OPEC and the growth of oil power; and population, resources and exploitation."--Bloomsbury Publishing.History and Politics in the 20th Century: Bloomsbury AcademicEconomic developmentDeveloping countriesIndustrializationDeveloping countriesGeneral & world historyDeveloping countriesEconomic developmentIndustrialization338.90091724909.0972408312Arnold Guy242813UtOrBLWUtOrBLWBOOK9910820509903321Third world handbook3959121UNINA