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Geopolitics and Geoculture: Essays on the Changing World-System
Immanuel Maurice Wallerstein
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Description for Geopolitics and Geoculture: Essays on the Changing World-System
Paperback. Written between 1982 and 1989, this collection contains the author's perspective on the events of this period. The book also charts the development of a challenge to the dominant "geoculture": the cultural framework within which the world-system operates. Series Editor(s): Aymard, Maurice; Revel, Jacques. Series: Studies in Modern Capitalism. Num Pages: 252 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 380.
This is the third volume of Immanuel Wallerstein's essays to appear in Studies in Modern Capitalism, following the immensely successful collections The Politics of the World Economy and The Capitalist World Economy. Written between 1982 and 1989, these pieces offer Wallerstein's perspective on the events of this period, and the background to his interpretation of the momentous events of 1989. In his introduction Wallerstein argues that the collapse of the Iron Curtain and the process of perestroika bear out his basic analysis: that the decline of US hegemony in the world-system is the central explanatory variable of change; and that ... Read more
This is the third volume of Immanuel Wallerstein's essays to appear in Studies in Modern Capitalism, following the immensely successful collections The Politics of the World Economy and The Capitalist World Economy. Written between 1982 and 1989, these pieces offer Wallerstein's perspective on the events of this period, and the background to his interpretation of the momentous events of 1989. In his introduction Wallerstein argues that the collapse of the Iron Curtain and the process of perestroika bear out his basic analysis: that the decline of US hegemony in the world-system is the central explanatory variable of change; and that ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
252
Condition
New
Series
Studies in Modern Capitalism
Number of Pages
252
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780521406048
SKU
V9780521406048
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Reviews for Geopolitics and Geoculture: Essays on the Changing World-System
"This is a work of sociology with a grand historical sweep....There are many original and stimulating thoughts here." Foreign Affairs "This collection of essays is exceptional....likely to offer some refreshing, if controversial, views on present world affairs." Jan Nijman, The Professional Geographer