Front Cover -- Marxist Theories of Imperialism -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Preface -- Abbreviations -- 1. Introduction -- 1.1 Historical outline -- 1.2 Historical materialism -- 1.3 Theories of capitalism as a world system -- 2. Marx -- 2.1 Capitalism -- 2.2 The dynamics of capitalism -- 2.3 The origins of capitalism -- 2.4 The expansion of capitalism -- 2.5 Colonialism -- 2.6 Summary -- 3. Luxemburg -- 3.1 The realization of surplus value -- 3.2 The process of capitalist expansion -- 3.3 Summary -- 4. Hobson -- 4.1 Under-consumption -- 4.2 Monopoly and capital export -- 4.3 The politics of imperialism -- 4.4 Summary -- 5. Hilferding -- 5.1 Finance capital -- 5.2 Protectionism and economic territory -- 5.3 Capital export -- 5.4 Imperialism -- 5.5 Summary -- 6. Bukharin and Lenin -- 6.1 Bukharin -- 6.2 Lenin -- 6.3 The labour aristocracy -- 6.4 Ultra-imperialism -- 6.5 The Communist International -- 6.6 Summary -- 7. Baran -- 7.1 Monopoly and stagnation -- 7.2 Growth and surplus -- 7.3 The developed countries -- 7.4 The origins of underdevelopment -- 7.5 The persistence of underdevelopment -- 7.6 Summary -- 8. Dependency Theories -- 8.1 Frank -- 8.2 Wallerstein -- 8.3 Laclau's critique -- 8.4 Amin -- 8.5 Dependency theory: the balance sheet -- 8.6 Summary -- 9. Emmanuel -- 9.1 Unequal exchange -- 9.2 Wages -- 9.3 Demand and development -- 9.4 Methods of production -- 9.5 Critique of the theory -- 9.6 Summary -- Appendix -- 10. Classes and Politics in the Third World -- 10.1 Modes of production -- 10.2 Indian debates -- 10.3 Arrighi -- 10.4 Rey -- 10.5 Leys -- 10.6 Gallagher and Robinson -- 10.7 Summary -- 11. After Imperialism? -- 11.1 Multinational corporations -- 11.2 Central capital: unity or rivalry? -- 11.3 Capitalist development in the Third World -- 11.4 Summary -- Bibliography -- Index.