World System History: The Social Science of Long-Term Change

ISBN-13: 9780415232760 / Angielski / Twarda / 2000 / 368 str.

Robert Allen Denemark; George Modelski; Dr Barry K. Gills

Opis

This extraordinary book presents a refreshing and innovative overview of the changes to the global system over the last 5000 years. Featuring renowned contributors - each specialists in their field - this is the only volume to offer so co-ordinated a study of continuity and change in the global social, economic and political system. Key areas covered include:
* International Political Economy - Robert A. Denemark
* Archaeology - Jonathan Freidman
* Economic development - Andre Gunder Frank
* History - George Modelski
* Sociology - Christopher Chase-Dunn

Recenzje

'World System History is not merely innovative and stimulating, but is a positive manifesto towards cultural understanding and tolerance.' - Contemporary Review, Volume 278, April 2001

Spis treści

An Introduction to World System History: Toward a social science of long-term change Part 1: General Perspectives on World System History 1. The Five Thousand Year World System in Theory and Praxis 3. Civilizations, World Systems and Hegemonies 4. Comparing World-Systems to Explain Social Evolution Part 2: From Regional and Sectoral to a Global Perspective 5. Envisioning Global Change: A long-term perspective 6. Concretizing the Continuity Argument in Global Systems Analysis 7. On the Evolution of Global Systems, Part 1: The Mesopotamian Heartland 8. State and Economy in Ancient Egypt 9. World Systems and Social Change in Agrarian Societies, 3000BC to AD 1500 Part 3: Global Macro-Historical Processes 10. Information and Transportation Nets in World History 11. Neglecting Nature: World accumulation and core-periphery relations, 2500BC to AD 1990 12. Accumulation Based on Symbolic Versus Intrinsic 'Productivity': Conceptualizing unequal exchange from Spondylus shells to fossil fuels 13. War and Warfare: Scales of conflict in long-range analysis 14. The Evolution of the World-City System, 3000BCE to AD2000 Part 4: Comparison, Cumulation, Cooperation 15. Comparing Approaches to the Social Science History of the World System 16. Cumulation and Direction in World System History

O autorze

Robert. A Denemark, Jonathan Friedman, Barry K. Gills, George Modelski