World System: 500 Years or 5000 Years

Author: Andre Gunder Frank, Barry K. Gills
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Publish Date: 2004-01-01
Features: This is a collection of challenging articles by a group of major scholars on an important topic. All those interested in the development of capitalism and long-term historical changes must pay attention to it. This book should be widely read and discussed as a key reading to understand the new anthropocentric theory of world history. This is a collection of challenging articles by a group of major scholars on an important topic. All those interested in the development of capitalism and long-term historical changes must pay attention to it. This book should be widely read and discussed as a key reading to understand the new anthropocentric theory of world history. This book analyzes the processes of competition, hegemony, and capital accumulation in the world from multiple perspectives and levels over 5,000 years. The authors attempt to establish a center-periphery model to explain hegemonic shifts and illustrate the existence and changes of the world-system. Target Audience: Sociologists, social work researchers and educators, leaders of Party and government institutions, enterprises, and public institutions, theoretical publicity workers.