I would add to the list,
Modelski and Thompson's _Leading Sectors and World Powers_.
For understanding more contemporary global issues like the rise of
the NICs and "globalization," I recommend,
Phil McMichael's _Development and Social Change_
and
Peter Evans' _Emedded Autonomy_.
More?
Date sent: Wed, 11 Dec 1996 11:46:23 -0500
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From: chris chase-dunn <chriscd@jhu.edu>
To: WORLD SYSTEMS NETWORK <wsn@csf.colorado.edu>
Subject: top ten
to Charles J Reid and others interested, the 10 most necessary books
are:
start with Richard J. Shannon, An Introduction to the World-systems
Perspective, Westview press 1996 (2nd edition).
then the classics:
Fernand Braudel, The Perspective of the World, Volume 3 of Civilization
and Capitalism. now published by University of California Press.
Immanuel Wallerstein, The Modern World-System Vols. 1-3
Andre Gunder Frank, World Accumulation 1492-1789
Samir Amin, Accumulation on a World Scale
Joshua Goldstein, Long Cycles
Christopher Chase-Dunn, Global Formation
Giovanni Arrighi, The Long Twentieth Century
Christian Suter, Debt Cycles in the World-Economy
Christopher Chase-Dunn and Thomas D. Hall, Rise and Demise
That is more than ten if you count all the volumes. Only two of them are
by me because I am trying to appear modest.
chris
Terry Boswell
Department of Sociology
Emory University
Atlanta, GA 30322