About the Author

Christopher Chase-Dunn is a professor of sociology at Johns Hopkins University. Kelly M. Mann is a J.D. candidate at the Cornell Law School.

Reviews

"This is a unique literary production: an outline of a complete world-system in a single text. . . . undoubtedly a major contribution to understanding premodern societies by combining a particular theoretical perspective with a comprehensive use of evidence on one 'very small world-system.' It is fascinating both in the details harnessed for its theoretical arguments, and the synthesis which produces a unique text." --Progress in Human Geography