Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Tables and Figures; Preface; Introduction; PART ONE Periphery Indebtedness in the World-Economy; 1 External Debt of Sovereign Borrowers: Seven Approaches; 2 Structural Features and Long-Term Processes of the World-System; 3 Dynamics of Global Debt Cycles: A Theoretical Model; PART TWO Empirical Evidence of Global Debt Cycles; 4 Capital Exports from the Core and Foreign Loans Raised by the Periphery; 5 Global Debt Crises; 6 The Pattern of Debt Settlements; PART THREE Case Studies: The Debt Histories of Peru, Liberia and Turkey
7 Selection of the Country Case Studies: Methodological Considerations8 Peru: The Classical Case; 9 Liberia: An Enclave Economy at the Extreme Periphery; 10 Ottoman Empire/Turkey: From World-Empire to Periphery; Conclusion; Appendix: Time Series of Data on Global Debt Crises, 1823-1989; Bibliography; Index
