The Otter-Man Empires: The Pacific Fur Trade, Incorporation and the Zone of Ignorance

This article examines the concept of the external arena, the relationship it holds to the expansion of the modern world-system, and the process of systemic incorporation. In order to address the notion of systemic expansion, I examine how boundaries of the system are de?ned by networks of exchange a...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Jon D. Carlson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University Library System, University of Pittsburgh 2015-08-01
Series:Journal of World-Systems Research
Online Access:http://jwsr.pitt.edu/ojs/index.php/jwsr/article/view/261