Description
Book SynopsisTraces the emergence and development of the modern world from the sixteenth to the twentieth century. This title encompasses the nineteenth century from the revolutionary era of 1789 to the First World War.
Trade Review"Wallerstein offers a timely topic that answers our dilemmas about modern society and the historical sense of the Western civilization." Theory & Society "In this new volume [Wallerstein] answers critics who complain that he pays little attention to culture... Definitely worth reading." Choice "A fresh look at global history ... tracing the evolution of contemporary political ideologies from the 18th to the 20th centuries." -- Benjamin W. Gittelson Columbia College Today "Provocative... Radically original." -- Jennifer Pitts New Left Review
Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Preface: On Writing about the Modern World-System 1. Centrist Liberalism as Ideology 2. Constructing the Liberal State, 1815--1830 3. The Liberal State and Class Conflict, 1830--1875 4. The Citizen in a Liberal State 5. Liberalism as Social Science 6. The Argument Restated Bibliography Index
