Wallerstein offers several definitions of a world-system, defining it in 1974 briefly: a system is defined as a unit with a single division of labor and multiple cultural systems.
Ο Wallerstein προσφέρει πληθώρα ορισμών για ένα κοσμοσύστημα, που το καθορίζει το 1974 εν συντομία: a system is defined as a unit with a single division of labor and multiple cultural systems.