The Modern World-System: reading order

By Immanuel Maurice Wallerstein

4 books, published from 1974 to 2011.

All 4 books in order

  1. Book 1The Modern World-System I: Capitalist Agriculture and the Origins of the European World-Economy in the Sixteenth Century10 editions1974
  2. Book 2The Modern World-System II: Mercantilism and the Consolidation of the European World-Economy, 1600-17501 edition1980
  3. Book 3The Modern World-System III: The Second Era of Great Expansion of the Capitalist World-Economy, 1730-1840s1 edition1989
  4. Book 4The Modern World-System IV: Centrist Liberalism Triumphant, 1789-19146 editions2011