World-Systems Analysis : An Introduction

Acknowledgments vii To Start: Understanding the World in Which We Live ix 1 Historical Origins of World-Systems Analysis: From Social Science Disciplines to Historical Social Sciences 1(22) 2 The Modern World-System as a Capitalist World-Economy: Production, Surplus-Value, and Polarization 23(19) 3 The Rise of the States-System: Sovereign Nation-States, Colonies, and the Interstate System 42(18) 4 The Creation of a Geoculture: Ideologies, Social Movements, Social Science 60(16) 5 The Modern World-System in Crisis: Bifurcation, Chaos, and Choices 76(15) Glossary 91(10) Bibliographical Guide 101(4) Index 105