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Informationen zum Autor Giovanni Arrighi (1937–2009) was Professor of Sociology at Johns Hopkins University. His books include The Long Twentieth Century , Adam Smith in Beijing , and, with Beverly Silver, Chaos and Governance in the Modern World System . His work has appeared in many publications, including New Left Review —who published an interview on his life-long intellectual trajectory in March–April 2009, and an obituary in Nov–Dec 2009—and there are more accounts on his memorial website. Klappentext Peerless examination of the rise of social movements against the global capitalist system, conducted by the leading exponents of the world systems perspective. Zusammenfassung Peerless examination of the rise of social movements against the global capitalist system.
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Giovanni Arrighi (1937-2009) was Professor of Sociology at Johns Hopkins University. His books include The Long Twentieth Century, Adam Smith in Beijing, and, with Beverly Silver, Chaos and Governance in the Modern World System. His work has appeared in many publications, including New Left Review-who published an interview on his life-long intellectual trajectory in March-April 2009 (http://www.newleftreview.org/?page=article&view=2771)., and in Nov-Dec 2009 ("http://www.newleftreview.org/?view=2814) - and there are more accounts on his memorial website: http://www.sympathytree.com/giovanniarrighi1937/.Immanuel Wallerstein is director of the Fernand Braudel Center at the State University of New York. His books include a three-volume study, The Modern World-System, Historical Capitalism, and, cowritten with Etienne Balibar, Race, Nation, Class.Terence K. Hopkins is the author of The Age of Transition and co-author of Anti-Systemic Movements.
