THE FIVE THOUSAND YEAR WORLD SYSTEM:
AN INTERDISCIPLINARY INTRODUCTION
by
Andre Gunder Frank, University of Amsterdam
and
Barry K. Gills, University of Newcastle
reprinted by permission of
Humboldt Journal of Social Relations,
Vol. 18, No. 2, Spring 1992 pps. 1-80
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