| The World System: Five Hundred Years or Five Thousand? Revised Edition Contributor(s): Gills, Barry (Editor), Gunder Frank, Andre (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0415150892 ISBN-13: 9780415150897 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $56.04 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 1996 Annotation: The historic long term economic interconnections of the world are now universally accepted. This collection of essays represents a reframing of these global economic and political links. In the light of a non-Eurocentric perspective, The World System argues for the interconnectedness of historical patterns over 5,000 rather than 500 years. In doing so, the book undermines the primacy claimed for Europe as the major agent of economic change, an issue with implications far beyond the realm of history. With an important forward by William H. McNeill and contributions by Immanuel Wallerstein and Samir Amin, The World System is now available for the first time in paperback, making sure the arguments are accessible to students of world history, international relations and a variety of related disciplines. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Historiography - Business & Economics | Economic Conditions |
| Dewey: 330.9 |
| Physical Information: 1" H x 6.07" W x 9.12" (1.40 lbs) 344 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The historic long-term economic interconnections of the world are now universally accepted. The idea of the 'world system' advanced by Immanuel Wallerstein has set the period of linkage in the early modern period. But some academics think this date is much too late and denies a much longer interconnection going back as much as five thousand years. |