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HISTORICAL CAPITALISM WITH CAPITALIST CIVILIZATION
by IMMANUEL WALLERSTEIN
Published: 30 JANUARY 2012
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‘The breadth and boldness of Wallerstein’s vision refreshes and stimulates.’
MICHAEL MANN, British Journal of Sociology
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In this short, highly readable book, the master of world-systems theory provides a succinct anatomy of capitalism over the past five hundred years. Considering the way capitalism has changed and evolved over the centuries, and what has remained constant, he outlines its chief characteristics. In particular, he looks at the emergence and development of a world market, and of labor; in doing so, he argues that capitalism has brought about immiseration in the Global South. As long as they remain within a framework of world capitalism, WALLERSTEIN concludes, the economic and social problems of developing countries will remain unresolved.
HISTORICAL CAPITALISM, published here with its companion essay CAPITALIST CIVILIZATION, is a concise, compelling beginners’ guide to one of the most challenging and influential assessments of capitalism as a world-historic mode of production.
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‘One of the most influential sociologists of his generation ... [Wallerstein’s] writings have inspired a whole generation of sociologists in Asia, Africa, and Latin America who want to know more about how the capitalist world-economy has shaped the contours of development of their own countries.’
- AMERICAN SOCIOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION, upon granting Wallerstein the Career of Distinguished Scholarship Award
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IMMANUEL WALLERSTEIN is director of the Fernand Braudel Center at the State University of New York. His books include a three-volume study, THE MODERN WORLD-SYSTEM, HISTORICAL CAPITALISM, and, cowritten with ETIENNE BALIBAR, RACE, NATION, CLASS.
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ISBN: 978 1 84467 766 5 / $16.95 / £9.99 / $21.00CAN / Paperback / 176 pages
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