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The Modern World-System IV

Centrist Liberalism Triumphant, 1789–1914

Immanuel Wallerstein author

Format:Hardback

Publisher:University of California Press

Published:14th Jun '11

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Immanuel Wallerstein's highly influential, multi-volume opus, "The Modern World-System", 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. This new volume encompasses the nineteenth century from the revolutionary era of 1789 to the First World War. In this crucial period, three great ideologies - conservatism, liberalism, and radicalism - emerged in response to the worldwide cultural transformation that came about when the French Revolution legitimized the sovereignty of the people. Wallerstein tells how capitalists, and Great Britain, brought relative order to the world and how liberalism triumphed as the dominant ideology.

"Wallerstein offers a timely topic that answers our dilemmas about modern society and the historical sense of the Western civilization." Theory & Society "In this new volume [Wallerstein] answers critics who complain that he pays little attention to culture... Definitely worth reading." Choice "A fresh look at global history ... tracing the evolution of contemporary political ideologies from the 18th to the 20th centuries." -- Benjamin W. Gittelson Columbia College Today "Provocative... Radically original." -- Jennifer Pitts New Left Review

ISBN: 9780520267602

Dimensions: 229mm x 152mm x 30mm

Weight: 680g

396 pages