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Giovanni Arrighi

Sociology

Giovanni Arrighi was an Italian economist and sociologist, born in 1937, who became a world-systems analyst and, from 1998, professor of sociology at Johns Hopkins University. His work, translated into more than fifteen languages, examined the long-term evolution of global capitalism, including the historical shift of economic power toward East Asia. He died in 2009.

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Birth DateSourced to the subject's own account
1937-07-07 1
Birth YearSourced to the subject's own account
1937 1
Death DateSourced to the subject's own account
2009-06-18 1
Death YearSourced to the subject's own account
2009 1
BirthplaceSourced to the subject's own account
Milan, Italy 1
Death PlaceSourced to the subject's own account
Baltimore, Maryland 1
Nationality / CultureSourced to the subject's own account
Italian 1
Defining ContributionSourced to the subject's own account
Italian economist, sociologist and world-systems analyst whose work on political economy and historical sociology has been translated into more than fifteen languages. 1
Notable WorkSourced to the subject's own account
The Long Twentieth Century: Money, Power, and the Origins of Our Times (1994) 1
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Arrighi The Long Twentieth Century traced successive systemic cycles of capital accumulation organized around a series of hegemonic imperial powers.

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Wikipedia
  • lead sentence
    Giovanni Arrighi (7 July 1937-18 June 2009) was an Italian economist, sociologist and world-systems analyst
  • Biography section, first sentence
    Arrighi was born in Milan, Italy in 1937.
  • Biography section, final paragraph
    Arrighi died in his home in Baltimore on 18 June 2009.
  • lead paragraph
    Giovanni Arrighi was an Italian economist, sociologist and world-systems analyst, from 1998 a Professor of Sociology at Johns Hopkins University. His work has been translated into over fifteen languages.
  • Works, Monographs list
    1994 The Long Twentieth Century: Money, Power, and the Origins of Our Times
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