i for one do not see how bairoch's data as reported in
bergesen's post have much bearing on the question of
whether an epochal transformation of the ("european")
world-economy and subsequently/consequentially the
(east/west or global) world economy occurred in the
so-called modern period, and, if it occurred, when its
institutionalization should be dated.
for a long time asians made more stuff than europeans
and probably will do so again if they don't already.
relative quantities of stuff produced may hold some
interest for the east/west or global world system camp, but
i don't think the hyphenators among us will find it
terribly useful. hyphenators are more interested in
what kinds of stuff, produced through what kinds of
commodity chains with what production regimes and
and profitabilities at the various nodes, and with
what political and cultural consequences.
then all the flesh is as the grass, ashes to ashes,
dust to dust, we are all blips flashing across the
cosmic screen, byting the dust (as it were)
hey, and while i'm at it, here's the provisional
program for PEWS XXI at santa cruz next month;
non-program participants are very much welcome,
so let me know if you need directions of any kind
(eg, san jose is the nearest airport but okaland
and san francisco are not much further):
PEWS XXI: THE GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT & THE WORLD-SYSTEM
UC Santa Cruz, April 3-5, 1997
(contact: Wally Goldfrank: wally@cats.ucsc.edu)
Provisional schedule for PEWS XXI
Thursday, April 3rd
7:15pm: Keynote lecture, "Ecology and Capitalist Costs of Production:
No Exit." Immanuel Wallerstein, Binghamton U
Kresge Town Hall
9:00pm: Reception
Howling Cow Cafe
Friday, April 4th
Stevenson Fireside Lounge
9:30am-12:00 Session I: HISTORICAL STUDIES
"Economic Ascent and the Global Environment: World Systems
Theory and the New Historical Materialism," Stephen G. Bunker, U.
of Wisconsin, Madison and Paul S. Ciccantell, Kansas State U
"Ecological Relations in the Rise and Decline of Kingdoms and
Civilizations, 2500BC to 500BC," Sing C. Chew, Humboldt State U
"Commodity Frontiers, Ecological Transformation, and
Industrialization: Rethinking the Expansion of the Early Modern
World-economy," Jason W. Moore, UC Santa Cruz
Environmental Factors in the Decline of the Pre-Columbian
Caribbean Societies and its Consequences for the
Emerging World-system,"
Hakiem Nankoe and Margo Nankoe. Johns Hopkins U
12:00-1:00, Lunch
1:00-3:00 Session II: INDUSTRY AND ENVIRONMENT IN THE 20TH CENTURY
"Politics of Space and the Political Economy of Toxic Waste,"
Robert Futrell, U of Kansas
"World Systems Environmental Effects of the Gulf War," Claire W.
Gilbert, Blazing Tattles
"Hungary and the Discourse of Waste," Zsuzsa Gille,
UC Santa Cruz
3:00-3:30 Coffee Break
3:30-5:30 Session III: AGRICULTURE AND ENVIRONMENT IN THE 20TH CENTURY
"Environmental and Political Development in the Circumpolar
North after Europeanization," Ilmo Massa, U of Helsinki
"Food, Water, Power, People: Dams and Affluence in Late 20th
Century East and Southeast Asia." Gavan McCormack, Ritsumeikan
U (Kyoto) & Australian National U
"The Role of New Arid-adapted Crops in Breaking the Cycle of
Grazing Land Degredation in Patagonia." Jorge A. Zavala, U
of Buenos Aires
7:00pm, Dinner for participants
Saturday, April 5th
Stevenson Fireside Lounge
10:00am-12:00 Session IV: GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSES
"How Toxic is the World-System?" Albert Bergesen and Laura
Parisi, U of Arizona
"World-Systems Theory and the Global Environment: an Exploration"
Peter E. Grimes, Johns Hopkins U, and J. Timmons Roberts,
Tulane U
Capitalism and Biospheric Collapse, Peter E. Grimes, Johns
Hopkins U
12:00-1:00 Lunch
1:00-4:00 Session V: ENVIRONMENTAL MOVEMENTS
"Global Green Praxis: A Typology of Environmental Movements,"
Richard Hutchinson, U of Arizona
"Success and Impasse: Environmental Theory and Movement Practice
in the United States and Around the World," Robert Schaeffer,
San Jose State U
"The Emergence of South Korean Environmental Movements: A
Response (and Challenge?) to Semiperipheral Industrialization," Su-
Hoon Lee, Kyungnam U (Seoul), and David A. Smith, UC Irvine
"Impacts of the Global System on Environmental Regulations and
Social Movements in the New South Africa." Christine Root and
David Wiley, Michigan State U