Andre Gunder Frank Papers

Period  1953-1994
Total size   11.25 m.
Consultation Not restricted

Biography

Born in Berlin, Germany 1929, died Luxembourg 2005; professor of economics; left Germany with his parents to escape the Nazi regime and eventually arrived in the USA in 1941; educated at the Universities of Michigan and Chicago; completed his dissertation on Soviet Agriculture in 1957; from 1957 assistant professor at the Universities of Michigan State, Iowa and Wayne State; from 1963 visiting professor at the University of Brasilia in Brazil; after a lectureship at the National Autonomous University of Mexico he was appointed by the University of Chile in Santiago in 1968; left Chile after the military took over in 1973 and worked at several European universities, eventually at the University of Amsterdam, from which he retired in 1994; his publications include 'Capitalism and Underdevelopment in Latin America: Historical Studies of Chile and Brazil' 1967, 'Development of Underdevelopment: Essays on Imperialism, Society and Politics in Latin America' 1968, 'Latin America: Underdevelopment or Revolution' 1969 and numerous other books, articles and essays on economic, social and political history.

his publications include 'Capitalism and Underdevelopment in Latin America: Historical Studies of Chile and Brazil' 1967, 'Development of Underdevelopment: Essays on Imperialism, Society and Politics in Latin America' 1968, 'Latin America: Underdevelopment or Revolution' 1969 and numerous other books, articles and essays on economic, social and political history.

Content

Correspondence with Alonso Aguilar 1968-1970, Samir Amin 1974-1983, 1986-1990, Hamza Alavi 1979-1980, Giovanni Arrighi 1974-1983, 1986-1990, Michel Beaud 1983-1984, Kathleen Gough-Aberle 1966-1984, John Harriss 1979-1981, Hosea Jaffe 1983-1984, Zbigniew M. Kowalewski 1969-1970, Ernest Mandel 1968-1983, Fawzy Mansour 1975-1980, José Martinez 1968, François Maspero 1968, 1983, Ralph Milliband 1968-1969, Navroz Mody 1972-1973, 1979-1981, Krishna Raj 1972-1980, Ranjit Sau 1973-1980, Saïd Ahmad Shah 1976-1979, Sol Tax 1967-1977, Immanuel Wallerstein 1982-1990 and many others 1955-1994; personal documents 1958-1995; typescripts of and notes concerning his books, articles and essays 1953-1993; correspondence with publishers, including correspondence on royalties 1964-1992; other correspondence concerning his publications 1973-1983; reviews of his publications 1967-1990; teaching and supervising documents 1966-1994; documents on attended conferences, workshops and seminars 1959-1994; articles and interviews concerning Frank and other documentation.

Processing information

List made by Tiny de Boer in 1996