World System History (eBook, PDF)

The Social Science of Long-Term Change
Redaktion: Denemark, Robert. A; Modelski, George; Gills, Barry K.; Friedman, Jonathan

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Produktbeschreibung

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

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 368
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. September 2002
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781134571451
• Artikelnr.: 42981071

Autorenporträt

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

Inhaltsangabe

List of figures List of tables List of contributors An Introduction to
World System History: Toward a social science of long-term change Robert A.
Denemark, Jonathan Friedman, Barry K. Gills and George Modelski Part 1:
General Perspectives on World System History 1. The Five Thousand Year
World System in Theory and Praxis Andre Gunder Frank and Barry K. Gills 2.
World System Evolution George Modelski 3. Civilizations, World Systems and
Hegemonies David Wilkinson 4. Comparing World-Systems to Explain Social
Evolution Christopher Chase-Dunn and Thomas D. Hall Part 2: From Regional
and Sectoral to a Global Perspective 5. Envisioning Global Change: A
long-term perspective Andrew Sherratt 6. Concretizing the Continuity
Argument in Global Systems Analysis Jonathan Friedman 7. On the Evolution
of Global Systems, Part 1: The Mesopotamian Heartland Kasja Ekholm-Freidman
8. State and Economy in Ancient Egypt David Warburton 9. World Systems and
Social Change in Agrarian Societies, 3000BC to AD 1500 Stephen K. Sanderson
Part 3: Global Macro-Historical Processes 10. Information and
Transportation Nets in World History William H. McNeill 11. Neglecting
Nature: World accumulation and core-periphery relations, 2500BC to AD 1990
Sing C. Chew 12. Accumulation Based on Symbolic Versus Intrinsic
'Productivity': Conceptualizing unequal exchange from Spondylus shells to
fossil fuels Alf Hornborg 13. War and Warfare: Scales of conflict in
long-range analysis Claudio Cioffi-Revilla 14. The Evolution of the
World-City System, 3000BCE to AD2000 Andrew Bosworth Part 4: Comparison,
Cumulation, Cooperation 15. Comparing Approaches to the Social Science
History of the World System William R. Thompson 16. Cumulation and
Direction in World System History Robert A. Denemark Bibliography Name
Index Subject Index