A World-Systems Reader

New Perspectives on Gender, Urbanism, Cultures, Indigenous Peoples, and Ecology

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book brings together some of the most influential research from the world-systems perspective. The authors survey and analyze new and emerging topics from a wide range of disciplinary perspectives, from political science to archaeology. Each analytical essay is written in accessible language so that the volume serves as a lucid introduction both to the tradition of world-systems thought and the new debates that are sparking further research today.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Globe Pequot Publishing Group Inc/Bloomsbury
• Seitenzahl: 350
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. März 2000
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 569g
• ISBN-13: 9780847691845
• ISBN-10: 0847691845
• Artikelnr.: 21127856

Autorenporträt

Contributions by Tim Bartley; Albert Bergesen; Terry Boswell; Christopher Chase-Dunn; Wilma A. Dunaway; Stephen W. K. Chiu; Colin Flint; Peter Grimes; Thomas D. Hall; Leslie S. Laczko; Joya Misra; Peter N. Peregrine; Fred M. Shelley; David A. Smith; Alvin

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1 Introduction: World-Systems Analysis: A Small Sample from a Large
Universe Chapter 2 Recent Research in World-Systems Analysis Part 3 From
Many Disciplines Chapter 4 Archaeology and World-Systems Theory Chapter 5
Geography & World-Systems Analysis Chapter 6 K-Waves, Leadership Cycles,
and Global War: A Non-Hyphenated Approach to World Systems Analysis Chapter
7 Gender and the World-System: Engaging the Feminist Literature on
Development Part 8 World-System Overviews Chapter 9 Canada's Linguistic and
Ethnic Dynamics in an EvolvingWorld-System Chapter 10 Urbanization in the
World-System: A Retrospective and Prospective Look Chapter 11 World-Systems
Theory in the Context of Systems Theory: An Overview Chapter 12
Postmodernism Explained Part 13 Gender, Urbanism, Cultures, Indigenous
Peoples, and Ecology Chapter 14 Women at Risk: Capitalist Incorporation and
Community Transformation on the Cherokee Frontier Chapter 15 Resistance
Through Healing among American Indian Women Chapter 16 World-Systems,
Frontiers, and Ethnogenesis: Rethinking the Theories Chapter 17 Modern East
Asia in World-Systems Analysis Part 18 Future Visions Chapter 19 Spiral of
Socialism and Capitalism Chapter 20 World System and Ecosystem