Ethnographic Aspects of the World Capitalist System

Development, French Neocolonialism, and the Structure of the Tubuai Economy

“…Instead,important insights into this questionhavebeen achieved byresearch which focuses directly on the interventionist role played by external forces, particularly European colonial interests (see Nash 1981;Wolf 1982;Roseberry 1976;Etienne and Leacock 1980). Following his overview of patterns of socioeconomic change in Oceania, Lingenfelter concludes that, 'The superordinatevariablein change is the domination of the colonial powerwhich restructuresthe indigenous societies to extractfromthem a surplus.. : (1977:114).…”

Diffusion: Anthropological Aspects

“…Ethnographers had for some time provided examples of culturally creative responses to capitalism's local encroachments in different parts of the world (see Nash, 1981 for a review of this rich ethnographic genre). Ethnographers had for some time provided examples of culturally creative responses to capitalism's local encroachments in different parts of the world (see Nash, 1981 for a review of this rich ethnographic genre).…”

World systems analysis and the Roman empire

“…Alguns historiadores reclamam do caráter vago com que a cronologia e a mutável geografia dos sistemas-mundo modernos são delineadas, ou do tratamento de fenômenos específicos como o feudalismo (Dodgshom, 1977;Stinchcombe, 1982). Marxistas reclamam que Wallerstein não presta atenção o suficiente a classes, ou que seu sistema-mundo é caracterizado por um único modo de produção, em lugar de uma formação social em que vários modos de produção seriam articulados e dominados pelo modo capitalista (Nash, 1981;cf. Semenov, 1980;Wickham, 1984).…”