The 'law' of uneven and combined development: Some underdeveloped thoughts

Historical Materialism

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 145-165

  Van Der Linden, Marcel ^a,b  

^a INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF SOCIAL HISTORY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Combined development; Diffusion; Novack; Romein; Trotsky; Uneven development

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247371368     PISSN: 14654466     EISSN: 1569206X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156920607X171627     Document Type: Conference Paper

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