World System History: The Social Science of Long-Term ChangeRobert. A Denemark, Jonathan Friedman, Barry K. Gills, George Modelski Routledge, 26. sep. 2002 - 368 sider 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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World System History: The Social Science of Long-term Change Robert Allen Denemark Begrænset visning - 2000 |
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agricultural analysis ancient ancient Egypt areas argue Asian Axial Age belligerents Bronze Age capital accumulation capitalist Central Asia century ChaseDunn and Hall China CioffiRevilla cities complex concept conflict continuity core core/periphery cultural cycles decline demand dominant East economic Egypt emergence empire Eurasian Eurocentric Europe European evolution evolutionary exchange exergy expansion forests Frank and Gills global system growth hegemony hierarchy human important increase India industrial innovation interaction labor longdistance longrange longterm major maritime Mediterranean Mesopotamia microprocesses Middle Horizon Modelski modern modes of accumulation Oikumenes organization patterns period periphery perspective phases PMNs political polycultural population Press production regions relations routes scale sector semiperipheral Silk Roads social societies Southeast Asia Spice Routes Spondylus structure Sumer temple trade transformation Ubaid University urban Uruk Uruk period Wallerstein warfare Wilkinson wood world economy world history world system history worldcity system