Quote by: André Gunder Frank

The most visible and often tragic sacrifice of proletarian socialism - not to mention internationalism - on the altar of nationalism, of course, has been by the states that proclaim themselves to be, or to aspire to become, socialist.


Author Bio


  • NameAndré Gunder Frank
  • DescriptionGerman-American economic historian and sociologist who promoted dependency theory after 1970 and world-systems theory after 1984.
  • BornFebruary 24, 1929
  • DiedApril 23, 2005
  • CountryGermany
  • ProfessionEconomist; Writer; Sociologist