Emerging Issues in the 21st Century World-System (Contributions in Economics and Economic History, No. 230)
Publisher: Praeger Publishers; ABC-CLIO, LLC
Published: January 2003
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 288
ISBN-13: 9780313324697
Subjects: Economic Conditions; Economics - General; Business / Economics / Finance; 21st century; Congresses; Economic forecasting; Economic history; World politics; Business/Economics
First sentence: The September 11, 2001, terrorist assaults on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon threw U.S. citizens into their first "shock of recognition" (Wilson 1955) that the world's hegemonic power is accountable for the harm it does to other societies.