The Modern World-System I : Capitalist Agriculture and the Origins of the European World-Economy in the Sixteenth Century.
Title:
The Modern World-System I : Capitalist Agriculture and the Origins of the European World-Economy in the Sixteenth Century.
Author:
Wallerstein, Immanuel.
ISBN:
9780520948570
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Edition:
1st ed.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (606 pages)
Contents:
Cover -- Half title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Quotation Credits -- Prologue to the 2011 Edition -- Introduction: On the Study of Social Change -- 1. Medieval Prelude -- 2. The New European Division of Labor: c. 1450-1640 -- 3. The Absolute Monarchy and Statism -- 4. From Seville to Amsterdam: The Failure of Empire -- 5. The Strong Core-States: Class-Formation and International Commerce -- 6. The European World-Economy Periphery Versus External Arena -- 7. Theoretical Reprise -- Bibliography -- Index.
Abstract:
Immanuel Wallerstein's highly influential, multi-volume opus, The Modern World-System, is one of this century's greatest works of social science. An innovative, panoramic reinterpretation of global history, it traces the emergence and development of the modern world from the sixteenth to the twentieth century.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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