The Modern World-System, volume 1: Capitalist Agriculture and the Origins of the European World-Economy in the Sixteenth Century, With a New Prologue

Immanuel Wallerstein's highly influential, multi-volume opus , The Modern World-System (altogether 4 volumes), 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. Cover......Page 1 Contents......Page 8 List of Illustrations......Page 10 Acknowledgments......Page 12 Quotation Credits......Page 14 Prologue to the 2011 Edition......Page 18 INTRODUCTION: ON THE STUDY OF SOCIAL CHANGE......Page 33 1. MEDIEVAL PRELUDE......Page 45 2. THE NEW EUROPEAN DIVISION OF LABOR: C. 1450–1640......Page 97 3. THE ABSOLUTE MONARCHY AND STATISM......Page 163 4. FROM SEVILLE TO AMSTERDAM: THE FAILURE OF EMPIRE......Page 195 5. THE STRONG CORE-STATES: CLASS-FORMATION AND INTERNATIONAL COMMERCE......Page 255 6. THE EUROPEAN WORLD-ECONOMY: PERIPHERY VERSUS EXTERNAL ARENA......Page 331 7. THEORETICAL REPRISE......Page 377 Bibliography......Page 389 Index......Page 418 A......Page 421 B......Page 422 C......Page 423 D......Page 425 E......Page 426 F......Page 427 G......Page 428 H......Page 429 I......Page 430 L......Page 431 M......Page 432 N......Page 433 P......Page 434 S......Page 436 T......Page 439 W......Page 440 Z......Page 441 Cover 1 Contents 8 List of Illustrations 10 Acknowledgments 12 Quotation Credits 14 Prologue to the 2011 Edition 18 INTRODUCTION: ON THE STUDY OF SOCIAL CHANGE 33 1. MEDIEVAL PRELUDE 45 2. THE NEW EUROPEAN DIVISION OF LABOR: C. 1450–1640 97 3. THE ABSOLUTE MONARCHY AND STATISM 163 4. FROM SEVILLE TO AMSTERDAM: THE FAILURE OF EMPIRE 195 5. THE STRONG CORE-STATES: CLASS-FORMATION AND INTERNATIONAL COMMERCE 255 6. THE EUROPEAN WORLD-ECONOMY: PERIPHERY VERSUS EXTERNAL ARENA 331 7. THEORETICAL REPRISE 377 Bibliography 389 Index 418 A 421 B 422 C 423 D 425 E 426 F 427 G 428 H 429 I 430 J 431 K 431 L 431 M 432 N 433 O 434 P 434 Q 436 R 436 S 436 T 439 U 440 V 440 W 440 X 441 Y 441 Z 441 9780520267572 University of California Press An examination of the beginnings and early conditions of the European economic system elucidates the social effects of division of labor, class-formation, and international commerce.