LEADER 04880nam 22009735 450 001 9910959899103321 005 20251116190549.0 010 $a9786611368685 010 $a9781281368683 010 $a1281368687 010 $a9781403980526 010 $a1403980527 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(Perlego)3496761 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000342850 100 $a20151116d2005 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe Historical Evolution of World-Systems /$fby C. Chase-Dunn, E. Anderson 205 $a1st ed. 2005. 210 1$aNew York :$cPalgrave Macmillan US :$cImprint: Palgrave Macmillan,$d2005. 215 $a1 online resource (228 p.) 225 1 $aEvolutionary Processes in World Politics,$x2945-7661 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 08$a9781349529261 311 08$a1349529265 311 08$a9781403965905 311 08$a1403965900 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,$x2945-7661 606 $aInternational relations 606 $aEconomic development 606 $aComparative government 606 $aSociology 606 $aAnthropology 606 $aPolitical science 606 $aInternational Relations 606 $aDevelopment Studies 606 $aComparative Politics 606 $aSociology 606 $aAnthropology 606 $aPolitical Science 615 0$aInternational relations. 615 0$aEconomic development. 615 0$aComparative government. 615 0$aSociology. 615 0$aAnthropology. 615 0$aPolitical science. 615 14$aInternational Relations. 615 24$aDevelopment Studies. 615 24$aComparative Politics. 615 24$aSociology. 615 24$aAnthropology. 615 24$aPolitical Science. 676 $a306/.09 701 $aChase-Dunn$b Christopher K$0791778 701 $aAnderson$b Eugene Newton$cJr.,$f1941-$01872981 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910959899103321 996 $aThe Historical Evolution of World-Systems$94533547 997 $aUNINA