A World-Systems Reader

This text brings together research from the world-systems perspective. The authors analyze emeging topics from a wide range of disciplinary perspectives, from political science to archaeology. The volume serves as an introduction to both the traditional and the new in world-systems thought. This book brings together some of the most influential new research from the world-systems perspective. The authors survey and analyze new and emerging topics from a wide range of disciplinary perspectives, from political science to archaeology. Each analytical essay is written in accessible language so that the volume serves as a lucid introduction both to the tradition of world-systems thought and the new debates that are sparking further research today.