The progress of underdeveloped areas / edited by Berthold Frank Hoselitz, Alexander Gerschenkron ; Alexander Gerschenkron, Robert K. Lamb, Oscar Handlin, W.T. Easterbrook, Ralph Linton, Melville J. Herskovits, Marion J. Levy, Morris E. Opler, Walter R. Goldschmnidt, Morris Watnick, Jacob Viner, Samuel P. Hayes, Jr., Konrad Bekker, H.S. Bloch, George Hakim, Albert O. Hirschman ; preface Bert F. Hoselitz.

Part I. The historical approach to economic growth, 3 -- Economic backwardness in historical perspective / Alexander Gerschenkron, 3 -- Political elites and the process of economic development / Robert K. Lamb, 30 -- International migration and the acquisition of new skills / Oscar Handlin, 54 -- State control and free enterprise in their impact on economic growth / W. T. Easterbrook, 60 -- Part II. The cultural aspects of economic growth, 73 -- Cultural and personality factors affecting economic growth / Ralph Linton, 73 -- The problem of adapting societies to new tasks / Melville J. Herskovits, 89 -- Some sources of the vulnerability of the structures of relatively nonindustrialized societies to those of highly industrialized societies / Marion J. Levy, 113 -- The problem of selective culture change / Morris E. Opler, 126 -- The interrelations between cultural factors and the acquisition of new technical skills / Walter R. Goldschmidt, 135 -- The appeal of communism to the underdeveloped peoples / Morris Watnick, 152 -- Part III. Problems of economic policy, 175 -- America's aims and the progress of underdeveloped countries / Jacob Viner, 175 -- Personality and culture problems of point IV / Samuel P. Hayes, Jr., 203 -- The point iv program of the united states / Konrad Bekker, 230 -- Economic development and public finance / H. S. Bloch, 248 -- Technical aid from the viewpoint of the aid-receiving countries / George Hakim, 259 -- Effects of industrialization on the markets of industrial countries / Albert O. Hirschman, 270 -- Appendix. List of participants of the Twenty-seventh Harris institute, 287 -- Index, 291.