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World-Systems Theory in Practice: Leadership, Production, and Exchange

By Rani T. Alexander (Contribution by), Gary M. Feinman (Contribution by), Andre Gunder Frank (Contribution by), Thomas D. Hall (Contribution by), Robert J. Jeske (Contribution by), P Nick Kardulias (Contribution by), Lawrence A. Kuznar (Contribution by), Darrell LaLone (Contribution by), George Modelski (Contribution by), Ian Morris (Contribution by), Peter Peregrine (Contribution by), Edward M. Schortman (Contribution by), Mark T. Shutes (Contribution by), Gil Stein (Contribution by), William R. Thompson (Contribution by), Patricia A. Urban (Contribution by), Peter Wells (Contribution by), Nick P. Kardulias (Editor)
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By Rani T. Alexander (Contribution by), Gary M. Feinman (Contribution by), Andre Gunder Frank (Contribution by), Thomas D. Hall (Contribution by), Robert J. Jeske (Contribution by), P Nick Kardulias (Contribution by), Lawrence A. Kuznar (Contribution by), Darrell LaLone (Contribution by), George Modelski (Contribution by), Ian Morris (Contribution by), Peter Peregrine (Contribution by), Edward M. Schortman (Contribution by), Mark T. Shutes (Contribution by), Gil Stein (Contribution by), William R. Thompson (Contribution by), Patricia A. Urban (Contribution by), Peter Wells (Contribution by), Nick P. Kardulias (Editor)
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In the quarter century since Wallerstein first developed world systems theory (WST), scholars in a variety of disciplines have adopted the approach to explain intersocietal interaction on a grand scale. These essays bring to light archaeological data and analysis to show that many historic and prehistoric states lacked the mechanisms to dominate the distant (and in some cases, nearby) societies with which they interacted. Core/periphery exploitation needs to be demonstrated, not simply assu...

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