The Modern World-System II: Mercantilism and the Consolidation of the European World-Economy, 1600-1750 (Studies in Social Discontinuity)

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.

"However one casts up the balance-sheet on Wallerstein's second volume, his effort commands respect and justifies interest in the volumes to follow."

—W.W. Rostow, Society

"An exciting and highly intelligent book...The staggering pace at which Wallerstein moves over different levels of explanation, and skillfully combines them into his argument, deserves admiration."

—Henry Kamen, History

"In this age of high specialization, Wallerstein's ambitious but judicious synthesis will command the respect of any scholar who has tried to grapple with the peculiarly intractable problems of this period.:...the book is shot through with shrewd and often stimulating comment."

—Charles Wilson, Journal of Modern History

Audience: Undergraduate, and graduate students studying economics.

"The Battle in the Sound between the Dutch and Swedish Fleets in 1658," by Willem van de Velde, the Elder. Van de Velde was a leading painter of marine life who was given a ship in 1630 by the States of Holland in order to observe and paint sea battles. By 1665, when he painted this grisaille, he had moved to England and was working for Charles II.

Audience: Undergraduate, and graduate students studying economics.

CONTENTS List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Prologue to the 2011 Edition INTRODUCTION: CRISIS OF THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY? 1. THE B-PHASE 2. DUTCH HEGEMONY IN THE WORLD ECONOMY 3. STRUGGLE IN THE CORE — PHASE I: 1651-1689 4. PERIPHERIES IN AN ERA OF SLOW GROWTH 5. SEMIPHERIPHERIES AT THE CROSSROADS 6. STRUGGLE IN THE CORE —PHASE II: 1689-1763 Bibliography Index 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. A panoramic reinterpretation of global history, this title traces the emergence and development of the modern world from the sixteenth to the twentieth century. This book covers the consolidation of the European world-economy during the seventeenth century.