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The Modern World-System I
Immanuel Wallerstein
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Cover
Half title
Title
Copyright
Dedication
Contents
List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments
Quotation Credits
Prologue to the 2011 Edition
Introduction: On the Study of Social Change
1. Medieval Prelude
2. The New European Division of Labor: c. 1450–1640
3. The Absolute Monarchy and Statism
4. From Seville to Amsterdam: The Failure of Empire
5. The Strong Core-States: Class-Formation and International Commerce
6. The European World-Economy Periphery Versus External Arena
7. Theoretical Reprise
Bibliography
Index
Immanuel Wallerstein
The Modern World-System I
THE MODERN WORLD-SYSTEM I
“Allegory of Trade,” woodcut by Jobst Amman (1539–1591), who lived in Nuremberg. He was one of the “Little Masters.” This bottom detail illustrated the house of a merchant of Nuremberg, still a flourishing center of trans-European trade.