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: 397
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.20lbs
Size: 8.80h x 6.00w x 1.00d
ISBN13: 9780520267589
ISBN10: 0520267583
BISAC Categories:
- History | Europe | General
- Business & Economics | Economic History
- History | Modern | 17th Century
Author: Immanuel Wallerstein
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: 06/10/2011
Pages: 397
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.20lbs
Size: 8.80h x 6.00w x 1.00d
ISBN13: 9780520267589
ISBN10: 0520267583
BISAC Categories:
- History | Europe | General
- Business & Economics | Economic History
- History | Modern | 17th Century
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.

