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  1. Immanuel Maurice Wallerstein (/ ˈ w ɔː l ər s t iː n /; September 28, 1930 – August 31, 2019) was an American sociologist and economic historian. He is perhaps best known for his development in sociology of world-systems approach . [3]

    • Katharine Wallerstein, Robert Morgenstern, Susan Morgenstern
    • Columbia University (BA: 1951, MA: 1954, PhD: 1959)
  2. Jul 1, 2019 · Learn about the life and work of Immanuel Wallerstein, a renowned sociologist and historian of the world-system. Explore his intellectual itinerary, commentaries on global issues, and articles on topics such as migrants.

  3. Dec 8, 2020 · The modern world-system. Wallerstein (1974) laid out his basic argument in the first of four volumes on the modern world-system as he defined it. Its focus was on capitalist agriculture and the emergence of the European world-economy in the sixteenth century.

    • John Agnew
    • 2021
  4. Wallerstein explains his methodology and the modern world-system in this book. He covers the history, structure, and dynamics of the capitalist world-economy and its global challenges.

  5. A biographical sketch of Immanuel Wallerstein, the founder of world-systems analysis, a macrohistorical approach to understanding capitalism. Learn about his influences, career, and contributions to the field of sociology.

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  7. Sep 10, 2019 · Immanuel Wallerstein, a sociologist who shook up the field with his ideas about Western domination of the modern world and the very nature of sociological inquiry, died on Aug. 31 at his home...

  8. …the American sociologist and historian Immanuel Wallerstein (1930–2019) in The Modern World System (1974). Whereas modernization theory holds that economic development will eventually percolate throughout the world, Wallerstein believed that the most economically active areas largely enriched themselves at the expense of their peripheries.

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