A transnational book: Dependency and development in Latin America

Abstract

The objective of this paper is to discuss the conditions of production and circulation of the book to understand the success and impact of Dependency and development in Latin America. Firstly, we highlight in which sense this book belongs to a broader intellectual tradition, i.e., the interpretative essays on Brazilian reality. Secondly, we investigate the transnational institutional trajectories of its authors that enable them to develop the comparative analytical perspective of the book. Finally, we reconstruct the publishing history of the book.