The Historical Evolution of World-Systems - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Historical Evolution of World-Systems write by C. Chase-Dunn. This book was released on 2005-02-18. The Historical Evolution of World-Systems available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The rise and decline of great powers remains a fascinating topic of vigorous debate. This book brings together leading scholars to explore the historical evolution of world systems through examining the ebb and flow of great powers over time, with particular emphasis on early time periods. The book advances understanding of the regularities in the dynamics of empire and the expansion of political, social and economic interaction networks, from the Bronze Age forward. The authors analyze the expansion and contraction of cross-cultural trade networks and systems of competing and allying political groupings. In premodern times, theses ranged from small local trading networks (even the very small ones of hunting-gathering peoples) to the vast Mongol world-system. Within such systems, there is usually one, or a very few, hegemonic powers. How they achieve dominance and how transitions lead to systems change are important topics, particularly at a time when the United States' position is in flux. The chapters in this book review several recent approaches and present a wealth of new findings.
WORLD SYSTEM HISTORY-Volume I
WORLD SYSTEM HISTORY-Volume I - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook WORLD SYSTEM HISTORY-Volume I write by George Modelski and Robert A. Denemark. This book was released on 2009-09-19. WORLD SYSTEM HISTORY-Volume I available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. World System History is a component of Encyclopedia of Social Sciences and Humanities in the global Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems (EOLSS), which is an integrated compendium of twenty one Encyclopedias. The Theme on World System History presents the study of the history of the world system. World system history offers an array of tools with which to apprehend the future. This volume discuss the essential aspects such as World-Systems Analysis; Big History; Epistemology of World System History: Long-Term Processes and Cycles; One World System or Many: The Continuity Thesis in World System History; World Population History; States Systems and Universal Empires; The Silk Road: Afro-Eurasian Connectivity Across the Ages; Dark Ages in World System History; The Kondratieff Waves as Global Social Processes; Globalization in Historical Perspective; Emergence of a Global Polity; World Urbanization: The Role of Settlement Systems in Human Social Evolution; Democratization: The World-Wide Spread Of Democracy in The Modern Age; The Rise of Global Public Opinion; East Asia In the World System; Incorporating North America into the Eurasian World-System. This volume is aimed at the following five major target audiences: University and College Students Educators, Professional Practitioners, Research Personnel and Policy Analysts, Managers, and Decision Makers, NGOs and GOs.
World-systems Analysis
World-systems Analysis - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook World-systems Analysis write by Immanuel Maurice Wallerstein. This book was released on 2004. World-systems Analysis available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. A John Hope Franklin Center Book.
Civilizations and World Systems
Civilizations and World Systems - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Civilizations and World Systems write by Stephen K. Sanderson. This book was released on 1995. Civilizations and World Systems available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Leading figures in the fields of civilizational studies and sociology and political science join to compare and contrast their assumptions and conclusions about broad-scale social and historical change.
Rise And Demise
Rise And Demise - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Rise And Demise write by Christopher Chase-Dunn. This book was released on 2018-02-06. Rise And Demise available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. "The authors combine an excellent state-of-the-art review of the literature in world-systems analysis with a vigorous presentation of their own quite coherent views. This book is a major contribution to our collective dialogue on the past and the future." —Immanuel Wallerstein Binghamton University, author of The Modern World-System "An up-to-date and synthetic overview of current world-systems research. The authors draw on diverse literatures from political science to archaeology, from contemporary policy issues to Native American studies, and from history to sociology. This thoughtful volume serves as both a provocative summary of ongoing scholarship and a fertile foundation for future cross-disciplinary dialogue." —Gary M. Feinman University of Wisconsin—Madison "To understand the evolution of the world's political economy, we need empirical theories that can handle 'ancient' and 'modern' processes, a longer time frame encompassing multiple millennia, and less concern about trespassing in other people's disciplines. Chase-Dunn and Hall's new book, Rise and Demise, delivers all three with noteworthy style and effect." —William Thompson Indiana University "Rise and Demise is a wide ranging and stimulating synthesis of the world-systems approach and its main findings. Its broad coverage of parallel social processes in various regions and time periods convincingly makes the argument that world-systems theory is able to integrate many diverse historical and social science specializations." —Richard E. Blanton Purdue University
