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 assumed, as the interdisciplinary dialogue which occurs in this volume demonstrates.
World-Systems Theory in Practice will appeal to individuals with an interest in the application of WST in both the Old World and the New World. The papers in this volume reflect the vitality of the debate concerning the use of such generalizing theories and will be of interest to archeologists, anthropologists, historians, sociologists, and those involved in the study of civilizations.
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Table of contents
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- Table of Contents
- Table of Figures
- List of Tables
- Foreword
- Acknowledgments
- Preface
- 1 - World-Systems and Evolution: An Appraisal
- 2 - Goodness of Fit: On the Relationship Between Ethnographic Data and World-Systems Theory
- 3 - Legitimation Crises in Prehistoric Worlds
- 4 - The Changing Structure of Macroregional Mesoamerica: The Classic-Postclassic Transition in the Valley of Oaxaca
- 5 - Negotiated Peripherality in Iron Age Greece: Accepting and Resisting the East
- 6 - Production Within and Beyond Imperial Boundaries: Goods, Exchange, and Power in Roman Europe
- 7 - The Emerging World-System and Colonial Yucatan: The Archaeology of Core-Periphery Integration, 1780-1847
- 8 - Thoughts on the Periphery: The Ideological Consequences of Core/Periphery Relations
- 9 - Rethinking World-Systems: Power, Distance, and Diasporas in the Dynamics of Interregional Interaction
- 10 - Multiple Levels in the Aegean Bronze Age World-System
- 11 - World-Systems Theory, Core-Periphery Interactions, and Elite Economic Exchange in Mississippian Societies
- 12 - The Inca Empire: Detailing the Complexities of Core/Periphery Interactions
- 13 - The Evolutionary Pulse of the World System: Hinterland Incursions and Migrations, 4000 B.C. to A.D. 1500
- 14 - Abuses and Uses of World Systems Theory in Archaeology
- 15 - Does World-Systems Theory Work?: An Ethnographer’s Perspective
- 16 - Conclusion
- Index
- About the Contributors
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