We made it to the final chapter of the book! Last thread is here.
As I said in the previous thread, apologies for not posting a new thread last week. The superimperialists keep starting major wars and keeping me busy in the news megathread.
This thread will serve as the final one for the book, as a holding thread for any observations, questions, and suggestions for further books. There have been a few books suggested, such as How Europe Underdeveloped Africa, but if anybody has other suggestions, particularly for ones focussed on West Asia given ongoing events, then I'm all ears!
I plan to give everybody, including myself, a few weeks to rest, catch up, and be distracted by the potential beginning of World War 3. How busy I'll be will be determined by how the Iran conflict progresses, but I'm currently thinking to start the next book in late July.
Imperialism Reading Group ping!
After a month's break, I propose we start the next book next week! There's been a number of good suggestions over the course of reading Superimperialism, and we will likely get to them in time, but for the next book - unless anybody strongly objects (I would do a poll if we had the technology) - I propose we start on How Europe Underdeveloped Africa by Walter Rodney.
The chapters in this book are fairly long and going one-by-one won't really work for a general pace of 20-30 pages per week, so we'll have to subdivide them. Luckily, Chapter 1 is of the right length for us without needing to be subdivided, so next week will be Chapter 1. With a total book length of about 280 pages (minus the introductions, postscript, and index) I expect it'll take us 9-10 weeks to read.
As always, if you no longer wish to be a part of the ping list (perhaps you've already read the book recently, or you don't have the time) then let me know and I can take you off.
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Love it! I've already read it 3 times, but I have notes I'll bring up to discuss with people if they have questions!
Looking forward to it!
Another, shorter option might be The Struggle for Development by Benjamin Selwyn.