A comprehensive analysis of the development of world capitalism over seven hundred years
Giovanni Arrighi (1937-2009) was Professor of Sociology at Johns Hopkins University. His books include The Long Twentieth Century, Adam Smith in Beijing, and, with Beverly Silver, Chaos and Governance in the Modern World System. His work has appeared in many publications, including New Left Review-who published an interview on his life-long intellectual trajectory in March-April 2009, and an obituary in Nov-Dec 2009-and there are more accounts on his memorial website.
A vivid, fact-filled expose of the cyclical monetary forces that
surge through human society.
*Observer Review*
The Long Twentieth Century has the grandeur of a sprawling epic and
the schematic grace of a Richard Neutra blueprint ... It is the
single most useful text on offer for anyone who wants to narrate
the story of world capitalism-from its nascent form on the rim of
the Mediterranean to the current reach of the United States'
empire, and beyond.
*Los Angeles Review of Books*
Made no concrete prediction, but nevertheless interpreted the
rising power of Wall Street since the 1970s as a symptom of
imminent US decline, followed perhaps by an era of Chinese global
leadership.
*New Statesman*
This book is one of the most comprehensive presentations concerning
the history of capitalism from early modern times up to the
present.
*Shepherd.com*
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