Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgments vii
4. To Start: Understanding the World in Which We Live ix
5. 1. Historical Origins of World-Systems Analysis: From Social Science Disciplines to Historical Social Sciences 1
6. 2. The Modern World-System as a Capitalist World-Economy: Production, Surplus-Value, and Polarization 23
7. 3. The Rise of the States-System: Sovereign Nation-States, Colonies, and the Interstate System 42
8. 4. The Creation of a Geoculture: Ideologies, Social Movements, Social Science 60
9. 5. The Modern World-System in Crisis: Bifurcation, Chaos, and Choices 76
10. Glossary 91
11. Bibliographical Guide 101
12. Index 105