Description
Immanuel Wallerstein's highly influential, multi-volume opus, The Modern World-System, is one of this century's greatest works of social science. An innovative, panoramic reinterpretation of global history, it traces the emergence and development of the modern world from the sixteenth to the twentieth century.
Author: Immanuel Wallerstein
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: 06/10/2011
Pages: 440
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.30lbs
Size: 8.90h x 6.00w x 1.20d
ISBN13: 9780520267572
ISBN10: 0520267575
BISAC Categories:
- History | World | General
- History | Modern | 16th Century
- Business & Economics | Economic History
Author: Immanuel Wallerstein
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: 06/10/2011
Pages: 440
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.30lbs
Size: 8.90h x 6.00w x 1.20d
ISBN13: 9780520267572
ISBN10: 0520267575
BISAC Categories:
- History | World | General
- History | Modern | 16th Century
- Business & Economics | Economic History
About the Author
Immanuel Wallerstein (1930-2019) was Senior Research Scholar at Yale University and the former President of the International Sociological Association. He was the author of many books, including The Modern World-System, Volumes I-IV.

