First Published in 1988. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Part One: Introduction and Overview; 1 Feeling the effects of development; 2 Development theory: the light of experience; Part Two: Town and Countryside; 3 Urbanisation and urbanism; 4 Industrialisation; 5 Rural development: entering the market; 6 Rural development and social differentiation; 7 State, government and education; 8 Gender and development; Part Three: Themes in the Sociology of Development; 9 Defining and measuring development; 10 Case material; Afterword; Glossary; Bibliography; Index;