Andre Gunder Frank
André Gunder Frank | |
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| Born | February 24, 1929 |
| Died | April 25, 2005 (aged 76) |
| Known for | Contributions to world-systems theory |
| Spouse(s) | Marta Fuentes, Nancy Howell, Alison Candela |
| Parent | Leonhard Frank |
| Academic background | |
| Education | Swarthmore College (BA) University of Michigan (MA) University of Chicago (PhD) |
| Thesis | Growth and Productivity in Ukrainian Agriculture from 1928 to 1955 (1957) |
| Doctoral advisor | Bert F. Hoselitz |
| Academic work | |
| Institutions | Michigan State University University of Chile University of Amsterdam University of East Anglia |
| Website | rrojasdatabank |
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André Gunder Frank, born Andreas Frank; (February 24, 1929 – April 25, 2005) was a German-American sociologist and economic historian who promoted dependency theory after 1970 and world-systems theory after 1984. He employed some Marxian concepts on political economy, but rejected Marx's stages of history, and economic history generally.