Making waves : worldwide social movements, 1765 - 2005

VIII, 217 S.

graph. Darst.

"This is the first of three inter-related books (in a project directed by Immanuel Wallerstein) whose overall objective is to provide an alternative account of contemporary developments of globalization. Current events can only be understood within the historical development of the capitalist world-economy. Authors will explore the three interrelated loci of action within the system - the structural trends in the capitalist world-economy, the categories of social knowledge, and the waves of antisystemic movements. Each book will investigate each of these sectors worldwide for long historical periods (two to four centuries) to discern what is special about the current period, and to seek to understand why we are nearing a crisis- breakpoint of the historical system in which we live today." - Provided by the publisher

Includes bibliographical references and index. - Enth. 5 Beitr.

Preface -- Introduction: The search for antisystemic movements / Immanuel Wallerstein -- 1760-1848: the transformation of the capitalist world / Tuba Agartan, Woo-Young Choi, and Tu Huynh -- 1848-1917: rising movements and the paradox of power, reformers and revolutionaries / Caleb Bush -- 1917-1968: empires crumble, movements fall / Caleb Bush and Rochelle Morris -- 1968 and after: transformations of the world-system and antisystemic movements / Fouad Kalouche and Eric Mielants -- Conclusion: world movements and world transformations / William G. Martin -- Bibliography -- About authors

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