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Immanuel Wallerstein | |
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Born | New York City, U.S. | September 28, 1930
Died | August 31, 2019 Branford, Connecticut, U.S. | (aged 88)
Known for | World-systems theory |
Spouse | Beatrice Friedman |
Children | Katharine Wallerstein, Robert Morgenstern, Susan Morgenstern |
Academic background | |
Alma mater | Columbia University (BA: 1951, MA: 1954, PhD: 1959) |
Thesis | The Emergence of Two West African Nations: Ghana and the Ivory Coast[1] (1959) |
Doctoral advisor | Hans L Zetterberg , Robert Staughton Lynd[1] |
Academic work | |
Discipline | Sociologist, Historian |
Sub-discipline | Historical sociology, Comparative sociology, World-systems theory |
Institutions | Columbia University McGill University Binghamton University École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales Yale University |
Notable students | Georgi Derluguian, Michael Hechter, John R. Logan, Beverly J. Silver |
Website | http://www.iwallerstein.com/ |
Part of a series about |
Imperialism studies |
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Immanuel Maurice Wallerstein (/ˈwɔːlərstiːn/;[2] September 28, 1930 – August 31, 2019) was an American sociologist and economic historian. He is perhaps best known for his development in sociology of world-systems approach.[3] He was a Senior Research Scholar at Yale University from 2000 until his death in 2019, and published bimonthly syndicated commentaries through Agence Global on world affairs from October 1998 to July 2019.[4][5]
He was the 13th president of International Sociological Association (1994–1998).[6]