A World-Systems Reader:
New Perspectives on Gender, Urbanism, Cultures,
Indigenous Peoples, and Ecology
edited by Thomas D. Hall. 2000. Boulder, CO: Rowman and Littlefield Press.

Table of Contents

Preface                                                                       vii - x

PART I: Introduction and Overview          1
1.  Introduction: World-Systems Analysis: A Small Sample from a Large Universe
     Thomas D. Hall                                                           3-27
2  Recent Research in World-Systems Analysis
    Peter Grimes                                                               29-55

PART II: From Many Disciplines               57
3.  Archaeology and World-Systems Theory
     Peter N. Peregrine                                                      59-68
4.  Geography & World-Systems Analysis
     Fred Shelley & Colin Flint                                          69-82
5.  K-Waves, Leadership Cycles, and Global War:
     A Non-Hyphenated Approach to World Systems Analysis
     William R. Thompson                                                 83-104
6.  Gender and the World-System:
     Engaging the Feminist Literature on Development
     Joya Misra                                                                  105-127

PART III: World-System Overviews           129
7.  Canada's Linguistic and Ethnic Dynamics in an Evolving World-System
     Leslie S. Laczko                                                          131-142
8.  Urbanization in the World-System:
     A Retrospective and Prospective Look
     David A. Smith                                                            143-168
9. World-Systems Theory in the Context of Systems Theory: An Overview
    Debra Straussfogel                                                         169-180

10. Postmodernism Explained
     Albert J. Bergesen                                                          181-192

Part IV: Gender, Urbanism, Cultures,
              Indigenous Peoples, and Ecology     193
11. Women at Risk: Capitalist Incorporation and
      Community Transformation on the Cherokee Frontier
      Wilma A. Dunaway                                                       195-210
12. Resistance Through Healing among American Indian Women
      Carol Ward, Elon Stander, and Yodit Solomon             211-236
13. World-Systems, Frontiers, and Ethnogenesis:
      Rethinking the Theories
      Thomas D. Hall                                                             237-270
14. Modern East Asia in World-Systems Analysis
      Alvin Y. So and Stephen W. K. Chiu                            271-285

Part V: Future Visions                                    287
15. Spiral of Socialism and Capitalism
      Terry Boswell and Christopher Chase-Dunn                 289-306
16. World System and Ecosystem
      Albert J. Bergesen and Tim Bartley                               307-322

Appendix 1: PEWS Annuals                                               323-324
Appendix 2: PEWS Prizes                                                          325
Index                                                                                  327-334
About the Contributors                                                       335-339

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