Making Waves
Subtitle: Worldwide Social Movements, 1750-2005 (Fernand Braudel Center) (Fernand Braudel Center Series) (Fernand Braudel Center Series)
Contributors: Tuba Agartan (Contributor); Caleb M. Bush (Contributor); Woo-Young Choi (Contributor); Tu Huynh (Contributor); Fouad Kalouche (Contributor); Rochelle Morris (Contributor); Eric Mielants (Contributor); William G. Martin (Editor)
Publisher: Paradigm Publishers
Published: December 30, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 160
ISBN-13: 9781594514807
Subjects: Social History; Sociology, Social Studies; 20th century; 21st century; c 1700 to c 1800; c 1800 to c 1900; History; Archaeology / Anthropology; History: World; Anthropology - Cultural; Revolutionary; Nonfiction / Social Science; History / Social History; Capitalism; Social conflict; Social movements
Description: "This is the first of three inter-related books (in a project directed by Immanuel Wallerstein) whose overall objective is to provide an alternative account of contemporary developments of globalization. Current events can only be understood within the historical development of the capitalist world-economy. Authors will explore the three interrelated loci of action within the system - the structural trends in the capitalist world-economy, the categories of social knowledge, and the waves of antisystemic movements. Each book will investigate each of these sectors worldwide for long historical periods (two to four centuries) to discern what is special about the current period, and to seek to understand why we are nearing a crisis- breakpoint of the historical system in which we live today" -- Provided by the publisher.