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The article reviews the book "Southern Horizons," by William Haynes.

Reviews the book "Economic Change, Selected Essays in Business Cycles, National Income, and Economic Growth," by Simon Kuznets.

The article reviews the book "Massnahmen zur Förderung der privaten Kapitalbildung im Portugiesischen Reich," by Ralph Von Gersdorff.

The article reviews the book "Economic Growth and Instability," by D. Hamberg.

Reviews the book "La Calabre, une région sous-développée de l'Europe méditerranénne," by Jean Meyriat.

The article reviews the book "What Price Economic Growth?," edited by Klaus Knorr and William J. Baumol.

The article reviews the book "Revolution, Evolution, and the Economic Order," by Allen M. Sievers.

Reviews the book "Economic Development and Social Change in South India," by T. Scarlett Epstein.

Reviews the book "India's Export Trends and the Prospects for Self-Sustained Growth," by Manmohan Singh.

Reviews the book "Social Leaders and Public Persons: A study of County Government in Cheshire Since 1888," by J.M. Lee.

Reviews the book "The Third World," by Peter Worsley.

Reviews two books. "A Programme for Growth: Capital, Output and Employment, 1948-1960"; "A Programme for Growth: The Model in Its Environment."

Reviews the book "Railroads and American Economic Growth," by Robert William Fogel.

The article reviews the book "The Financial Sector and Economic Development: The Mexican Case," by Robert L. Bennett.

Reviews the book "Economic Development With Special Reference to East Asia," edited by Kenneth Berrill.

Reviews the book "The Economic Development of Kuwait," organized by the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development.

Reviews the book "Out of Stagnation," by J. R. Sargent.

The article reviews the book "Financing African Development," edited by Tom J. Farer.

Reviews the book "Natural Resources and International Development: Essays From the Fifth Annual Resources for the Future Forum," edited by Marion Clawson.

Reviews the book "Economic Development in Africa," edited by E. F. Jackson.

Reviews the book "Regions, Resources and Economic Growth," by Harvey S. Perloff, Edgar S. Dunn, Jr., Eric E. Lampard and Richard F. Muth.

Reviews the book 'Economic Development and Export Growth: A Study of Northern Rhodesia, 1920-1960,' by Robert E. Baldwin.

Reviews the book 'Social Structure and Mobility in Economic Development,' edited by Neil J. Smelser and Seymour Martin Lipset.

Reviews the book 'Stabilization of Export Receipts and Economic Development,' by Robert G. Hawkins, Jose Epstein and Joaquin Gonzales.

Reviews the book "Social Aspects of Economic Development," by Chester L. Hunt.

Reviews the book "Social Structure and Mobility in Economic Development," edited by Neil J. Smelser and Seymour Martin Lipset.

Reviews the book "Economic Growth in World Perspective," edited by Denis Munby.

Reviews the book "Economic Development and Individual Change: A Social-Psychological Study of the Comilla Experiment in Pakistan," by Howard Schuman.

This article presents a list of papers related to economic history published in different journals. Some of the papers are: "O.H. Kelley and the Genesis of the Grange: A Reappraisal," by W.D. Barnes, published in the July 1967 issue of the journal "Agricultural History"; "The California Date Growing Industry, 1890-1939," by C.C. Cooley, published in the March 1967 issue of the journal "South California Quarterly"; "The Gloucester Fishing Industry in World War II," by D.S. Eldredge, published in the July 1967 issue of the journal "American Neptune"; "Household Consumption in 18th Century America and Its Relation to Production and Trade: The Situation Among Farmers in S.W. Pennsylvania," by J.T. Lemon, published in the January 1967 issue of the journal "Agricultural History"; "The Sugar Beet Industry and Economic Growth in the West," by G.D. Nash, published in the January 1967 issue of the journal " Agricultural History"; and others.

Reviews the book "Periodical Literature, 1967."

This volume consists of fifteen essays based upon material presented during 1965-1966 at an MIT seminar on the theory of optimal economic growth. For a lover of good capital theory with a fair amount of mathematical sophistication (or a more-than-fair desire to start acquiring it), it presents a varied but delightful menu. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Reviews the book 'Economic Growth in Canada: A Quantitative Analysis,' by N. H. Lithwick.

Reviews the book 'Assessing Economic Performance,' by Michael Lipton.

Reviews the book 'Regional Economic Development in Italy,' by Lloyd Saville.

Reviews the book 'Agricultural Development and Economic Growth,' edited by Herman M. Southworthand Bruce F. Johnston.

Reviews the book 'Growth and Structural Change in the Egyptian Economy,' by D.C. Mead.

The article reviews the book "Science and Economic Development: New Patterns of Living," by Richard L. Meier.

Reviews the book 'Capital Movements and Economic Development,' edited by John H. Adler with the assistance of Paul W. Kuznets.

Reviews the book "The Theory of Economic Development in the History of Economic Thought," by Lord Robbins.

Reviews the book "The Theory and Design of Economic Development," edited by Irma Adelman and Erik Thorbecke.

The book is divided into three parts. Part One, on growthmania, the no-choice myth, and the choices open to us, is really quite excellent as far as it goes. This is the brilliant student of the agnostic contemporary welfare economics at his very best. He cuts through the myths of "growth," "political and international necessities," and "progress" to remind the policy-maker that after all there is freedom of choice in this world. In this respect, there is even much in common between the student of welfare-economic theory and many of the practitioners of the New Politics in the United States. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Reviews the book "Economic Development for Eastern Europe," edited by Michael Kaser.

Reviews the book "Obstacles to Development," by Lauchlin Currie.

This is a book on economic development written by practitioners. It is the result of specific experiences encountered by a group of economists working for the Harvard Development Advisory Service in the process of making policy recommendations to various governments. The contributions to this volume deal with specific-country issues drawn from only four countries' Argentina, Colombia, Pakistan, and Liberia. The volume is divided into the following six parts: (1) planning, macro models, and development strategy; (2) stabilization and short-term policy; (3) fiscal policy; (4) agricultural development; (5) education, manpower, labor, and wages; and finally (6) evaluation. The bulk of the papers are included in the first two parts (seven papers), with the last four parts containing only one contribution each. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Reviews the book "National Development: A Sociological Contribution," J. A. Ponsioen.

Reviews the book "Class Privilege and Economic Development. The Consulado de Comercio of Guatemala, 1793-1871," by Ralph Lee Woodward.

This article presents a review of the book "Readings in the Modern Theory of Economic Growth," edited by Joseph E. Stiglitz and Hirofumi Uzawa.

Reviews the book "British Economic Growth: 1688-1959: Trends and Structure," by Phyllis Deane and W.A. Cole.

The article focuses on the book "A Short History of Economic Progress: A Course in Economic History," by Y.S. Brenner. Brenner is a professional economist and his book derives from his 1966 to 67 lecture course at Cape Coast University in Ghana, where he was Head of the Economics Department. Brenner is one of the sensitive subspecies of development economists with the courage needed to start such a course at the era of the Reformation, and moreover to devote much time to the earlier phases of development. Brenner's grand and grandly optimistic hypothesis is that economic progress, starting as a mutant in Reformation Europe, is like an organism and by its very nature tends to spread, to occupy its environment, to cover the earth. Closer to the present, as a development economist, Brenner is properly most interested in blockages, which have impeded the spreading of material progress. Unlike some less sensitive economists Brenner is ready to take account of social, political and cultural elements, which have propelled or impeded development.

Reviews the book "Development Policy: Theory and Practice," edited by Gustav F. Papanek.