出版社：American Sociological Association Section on Political Economy of the World System
摘要：Archaeolog ical evidence from West Af rica suggests a process of relatively autochthonou s state formation involving unusua l forms of urbaniz ation, horse war-rior ar istocracies, craft status groups and commodif ied trade networks organized by merchant-scholars. The emergence of a West Af rican state system played a generative role in the world-historical development of u niversal rationa lity in Western Afroeurasia, as well as in the intensification of empire formation and monetary integration in the formative era before the rise of European hegemony
