LEADER 04166nam 2200709Ia 450 001 9910451354103321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-281-36868-7 010 $a9786611368685 010 $a1-4039-8052-7 024 7 $a10.1057/9781403980526 035 $a(CKB)1000000000342850 035 $a(EBL)308235 035 $a(OCoLC)312463927 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000171825 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11164141 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000171825 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10150687 035 $a(PQKB)10925579 035 $a(DE-He213)978-1-4039-8052-6 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC308235 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL308235 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10135682 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL136868 035 $a(OCoLC)347284724 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000342850 100 $a20040607d2005 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 04$aThe historical evolution of world-systems$b[electronic resource] /$fedited by Christopher Chase-Dunn and E.N. Anderson 205 $a1st ed. 2005. 210 $aNew York $cPalgrave Macmillan$d2005 215 $a1 online resource (228 p.) 225 1 $aThe evolutionary processes in world politics series 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-349-52926-5 311 $a1-4039-6590-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aCover; Contents; List of Tables and Figures; About the Authors; Preface; One: The Rise and Fall of Great Powers; Two: Eurasian C-Wave Crises in the First Millennium B.C.; Three: From Harappa to Mesopotamia and Egypt to Mycenae: Dark Ages, Political-Economic Declines, and Environmental/Climatic Changes 2200 B.C.-700 B.C.; Four: Power is in the Details: Administrative Technology and the Growth of Ancient Near Eastern Cores; Five: Power and Size: Urbanization and Empire Formation in World-Systems Since the Bronze Age 327 $aSix: Lamb, Rice, and Hegemonic Decline: The Mongol Empire in the Fourteenth CenturySeven: The Rise of European Hegemony: The Political Economy of South Asia and Europe Compared, A.D. 1200-A.D. 1500; Eight: Contentious Peasants, Paternalist State, and Arrested Capitalism in China's Long Eighteenth Century; Nine: Space, Matter, and Technology in Globalization of the Past and Future; Index 330 $aThe rise and decline of great powers remains a fascinating topic of vigorous debate. This book brings together leading scholars to explore the historical evolution of world systems through examining the ebb and flow of great powers over time, with particular emphasis on early time periods. The book advances understanding of the regularities in the dynamics of empire and the expansion of political, social and economic interaction networks, from the Bronze Age forward. The authors analyze the expansion and contraction of cross-cultural trade networks and systems of competing and allying political groupings. In premodern times, theses ranged from small local trading networks (even the very small ones of hunting-gathering peoples) to the vast Mongol world-system. Within such systems, there is usually one, or a very few, hegemonic powers. How they achieve dominance and how transitions lead to systems change are important topics, particularly at a time when the United States' position is in flux. The chapters in this book review several recent approaches and present a wealth of new findings. 410 0$aEvolutionary processes in world politics series. 606 $aSocial evolution 606 $aSocial history 606 $aSocial change$xHistory 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aSocial evolution. 615 0$aSocial history. 615 0$aSocial change$xHistory. 676 $a306/.09 701 $aChase-Dunn$b Christopher K$0791778 701 $aAnderson$b Eugene N$g(Eugene Newton),$f1941-$0777738 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910451354103321 996 $aThe historical evolution of world-systems$92268528 997 $aUNINA