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George L. Beckford
1936-1991·2,627 citations
Jamaican economist and social scientist, pioneering theorist of plantation economy and Caribbean development studies
Works
134 works
| Title | Year | Language | Citations▼ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Persistent poverty: Underdevelopment in plantation economies of the third world | 1999 | english | 1,891 |
| Small garden--bitter weed: the political economy of struggle and change in Jamaica | 1982 | english | 151 |
| Tropical agribusiness structures and adjustments-bananas. | 1968 | english | 63 |
| Caribbean economy: Dependence and backwardness | 1975 | english | 45 |
| Small garden, bitter weed | 1980 | english | 43 |
| Caribbean peasantry in the confines of the plantation mode of production | 1985 | english | 35 |
| Caribbean rural economy | 1975 | english | 28 |
| Induced innovation model of agricultural development: comment | 1984 | — | 27 |
| Toward an appropriate theoretical framework for agricultural development planning and policy | 1968 | english | 27 |
| The George Beckford Papers | 2000 | english | 22 |
| The social economy of bauxite in the Jamaican man-space | 1987 | — | 22 |
| Part II: Aspects of the present conflict between the plantation and the peasantry in the West Indies | 1972 | — | 21 |
| Persistent Poverty: Underdevelopment in | 1972 | english | 20 |
| Comparative rural systems, development and underdevelopment | 1974 | — | 19 |
| The struggle for a relevant economics | 1984 | — | 18 |
| Institutional foundations of resource underdevelopment in the Caribbean | 1972 | — | 16 |
| Strategies for agricultural development: comment | 1972 | — | 14 |
| 1972Persistent Poverty | — | english | 13 |
| The dynamics of growth and the nature of metropolitan plantation enterprise | 1970 | — | 12 |
| Agriculture and economic development | 1965 | — | 11 |
| Secular Fluctuations in the Growth of Tropical Agricultural Trade | 1964 | english | 10 |
| Plantation capitalism and black dispossession | 2000 | — | 10 |
| The growth of major tropical export-crop industries | 1964 | english | 9 |
| Issues in the Windwards–Jamaica Banana War | 1971 | — | 9 |
| The West Indian banana industry. | 1967 | english | 8 |
| The future of plantation society in comparative perspective | 2000 | — | 8 |
| Transforming Traditional Agriculture: Comment | 1966 | — | 7 |
| Plantations, Peasants, and Proletariat in the West Indies | 1974 | english | 7 |
| The Beckford Papers | 2000 | english | 7 |
| Small Garden… Bitter Weed. The Political Struggle and Change in Jamaica | 1982 | english | 7 |
| The Plantation System and the Penetration of International Capitalism | 1978 | — | 6 |
| The Caribbean in the Context of the Global Crisis | 1989 | — | 6 |
| Land reform for the betterment of Caribbean peoples | 1972 | — | 6 |
| Development in Suspense | 1989 | english | 6 |
| Pathways to Progress: The Peoples Socialist Plan | 1985 | english | 5 |
| Social costs of plantation: Resource misallocation in plantation economy | 1972 | — | 5 |
| An Assessment of the CARICOM Integration Experience | 1989 | — | 5 |
| Infra-Caribbean agricultural trade. | 1967 | — | 5 |
| SOCIOECONOMIC CHANGE AND POLITICAL CONTINUITY IN THE ANGLOPHONE CARIBBEAN. | 1980 | english | 5 |
| The West Indian Banana Industry: The Scope for Rationalization and Regional Collaboration | 1967 | english | 5 |
| Agricultural development in'traditional'and'peasant'economies: a review article | 1966 | english | 4 |
| Plantations, peasants, and proletariat in the West Indies: An essay on agrarian capitalism and alienation | 1978 | english | 4 |
| Tropical Agribusiness | 1968 | english | 4 |
| Análisis económico de la utilización y desarrollo de los recursos agrícolas en las economías de plantación | 1969 | englishtr. | 4 |
| Development in Suspense: Selected Papers and Proceedings of the First Conference of Caribbean Economists | 1989 | english | 4 |
| Pathways to Progress: The People's Plan for Socialist Transformation, Jamaica, 1977-78 | 1985 | english | 4 |
| The plantation economy' | 1976 | — | 3 |
| 'Crisis' in the West Indian Banana Industry | 1964 | — | 3 |
| Caribbean Economy | 1975 | english | 3 |
| Small garden better weed: A political economy of struggle and change in Jamaica, Morant Bay, Jamaica | 1982 | english | 3 |