| Description |
x, 339 pages ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
World-systems analysis : a small sample from a large universe / Thomas D. Hall -- Recent research on world-systems / Peter Grimes -- Archaeology and world-systems theory / Peter N. Peregrine -- Geography, place, and world-systems analysis / Fred M. Shelley and Colin Flint -- K-waves, leadership cycles, and global war : a nonhyphenated approach to world systems analysis / William R. Thompson -- Gender and the world-system : engaging the feminist literature on development / Joya Misra -- Canada's linguistic and ethnic dynamics in an evolving world-system / Leslie S. Laczko -- Urbanization in the world-system : a retrospective and prospective / David A. Smith -- World-systems theory in the context of systems theory : an overview / Debra Straussfogel -- Postmodernism explained / Albert J. Bergesen -- Women at risk : capitalist incorporation and community transformation on the Cherokee frontier / Wilma A. Dunaway -- Resistance through healing among American Indian women / Carol Ward, Elon Stander, and Yodit Solomon -- Frontiers, ethnogenesis, and world-systems : rethinking the theories / Thomas D. Hall -- Modern East Asia in world-systems analysis / Alvin Y. So and Stephen W.K. Chiu -- From state socialism to global democracy : the transnational politics of the modern world-system / Terry Boswell and Christopher Chase-Dunn -- World-system and ecosystem / Albert J. Bergesen and Tim Bartley. |
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Social systems.
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System theory.
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Sex role.
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Indigenous peoples.
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Urbanization.
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Social ecology.
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Social change.
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Social indicators.
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| Added Author |
Hall, Thomas D., 1946-
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| ISBN |
0847691837 cloth alkaline paper |
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0847691845 paper alkaline paper |
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