Re: Undergraduate Intro

I have already seen the Shannons book:"An Introduction to the World-System
Perspective. However it was published in 1989. Is this 1996 one the second
edition? Has Shannons added or reduced something to it?

Cordial regards
Reza Taghavi
PhD Candidate
Departement de Sociologie
Universite Laval
Quebec, Canada

On Sun, 7 Nov 1999, Thomas D. [Tom] Hall, THALL@DEPAUW.EDU wrote:

> For an overall introduction, Thomas R. Shannons. 1996.  _An Introduction
> to the World-System Perspective._ Boulder:  Westview.  I sthe best single
> volume accessible to undergrads.
> 
> Several new readers have been listed recently, and as soon as the page
> proofs clear, I'll be listing another.  The use of these will depend on
> what you are trying to do in a course.
> 
> tom ahll
> 
> 
> 
> On Sun, 7 Nov 1999, Elson E. Boles wrote:
> 
> > I'd like to hear views on which book you think is the best 
>undergraduate 
> > INTRODUCTION to world-systems perspective.  Preferably a work which 
> > includes discussions of early world-systems, even a reader would do.
> > 
> > elson
> > 
> > 
>