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Paul Harrison

Inside the Third World: The Anatomy of Poverty Paperback – August 26, 1982

by Paul Harrison (Author)

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Inside the third world - bk520; Penguin Books; Paul Harrison; pocket_book; 1979

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512 pages
Language

English
Publisher

Penguin Books
Publication date

August 26, 1982
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7 x 1 x 5 inches
ISBN-10

0140220577
ISBN-13

978-0140220575
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Jmajor

Good info but not a pleasant read

Reviewed in the United States on May 19, 2008

This book contains lots of valuable information, but it's long and not very well written. To be honest it's rather boring but I still ploughed through the whole thing to get all the information. The worst for me were the long lists of numbers given within paragraphs, and the fact that information is often repeated several times.

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Liberal Garbage

Reviewed in the United States on May 19, 2006

This is a very one-sided book by an obvious liberal. Some parts of the book are true but only one side of the story is portrayed.

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Dietlinde Fabian

Challenging Book

Reviewed in the United States on August 28, 2006

This book was amazing and challenging. I loved every minute of my reading of it. It gives me a reason to reach out to others in the world and want to give them the same opportunities I have as I get a clearer picture of how the rest of the world lives. Is it possible people are so resilient despite having so much against them? At times the book did leave me feeling hopeless. I especially recommend chapters 1,4,15,18,20. I'm anxious to read his other books. Thanks Paul Harrison for all your work bringing this to us.

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Chester E. Wood

One of the most evenhanded reviews of the Third World

Reviewed in the United States on February 14, 1999

For years I have used Paul Harrison's Inside the Third World as a required reading in my Bibical Theology of Poverty class and have found that it opens doors and windows for college students. As one who has lived and worked for decades first in Asia and now in Africa, I appreciate Harrison's evenhanded coverage of the factors leading to poverty. He begins with the physical factors such as soil and climate which are so often overlooked in the more radical critiques. But he does not spare the colonial masters. The book is full of stories and incidents which make it readable. One would hope that a new edition with update statistics might be issued as we enter the year 2000.

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Mr Greg Brewer

A great book

Reviewed in the United States on January 4, 2000

If you ever wonder why the third world is the way it is, read this book. Although it is heavy going in parts, generally I would have to say that this is well written by a person who obviously knows the topic extremely well.

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