World System (500 years or 5000 years?)

Author: Andre Gunder Frank, edited by Barry K. Gills
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Publish Date: 2004-01-01
Features: This is a collection of challenging articles by a group of leading scholars on an important topic. All those interested in the development of capitalism and long-term historical changes must pay attention to this. This book should be widely read and discussed as a key reading to understand the new anthropocentric theory of world history. The book analyzes the processes of competition, hegemony, and capital accumulation in the world over 5,000 years from multiple perspectives and levels. 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 educators and researchers, leaders of Party and government institutions, enterprises, and public institutions, theoretical publicity workers.