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The Modern World-System II

Mercantilism and the Consolidation of the European World-Economy, 1600–1750
by Immanuel Wallerstein (Author)
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Price: $36.95 / £31.00
Publication Date: Jun 2011
Edition: 1st Edition
Title Details:
Rights: World
Pages: 397
ISBN: 9780520267589
Trim Size: 6 x 9
Illustrations: 9 b/w photographs, 1 table
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About the Book

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.

About the Author

Immanuel Wallerstein (1930-2019) was Senior Research Scholar at Yale University and the former President of the International Sociological Association. He was the author of many books, including The Modern World-System, Volumes I-IV.

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Table of Contents

List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments
Prologue to the 2011 Edition

Introduction: Crisis of the seventeenth century?
1. The b-phase
2. Dutch hegemony in the world economy
3. Struggle in the core—phase i: 1651–1689
4. Peripheries in an era of slow growth
5. Semipheripheries at the crossroads
6. Struggle in the core—phase ii: 1689–1763

Bibliography
Index

Reviews

"However one casts up the balance-sheet on Wallerstein’s second volume, his effort commands respect and justifies interest in the volumes to follow."
— Society
"An exciting and highly intelligent book. . . . The staggering pace at which Wallerstein moves over different levels of explanation, and skillfully combines them into his argument, deserves admiration."



 
— History
"In this age of high specialization, Wallerstein's ambitious but judicious synthesis will command the respect of any scholar who has tried to grapple with the peculiarly intractable problems of this period. . . . the book is shot through with shrewd and often stimulating comment."
— Journal of Modern History