Andre Gunder Frank
German sociologist and economic historian
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Andre Gunder Frank 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... Wikipedia
Born: February 24, 1929, Berlin, Germany
Died: April 25, 2005 (age 76 years), Luxembourg, Luxembourg
Parents: Leonhard Frank and Elena Maqenne Penswehr
Known for: Contributions to world-systems theory
Doctoral advisor: Bert F. Hoselitz
Spouse(s): Marta Fuentes, Nancy Howell, Alison Candela
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