``...The central issue in secondary state formation are of the dynamics of core-periphery relations and how core civilizations influence culture change in their less developed neighbors. This issue has been recently highlighted through the application and debate surrounding E. Wallerstein's (1974) world systems model which examines the economic asymmetries of these ties.. .''
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The above taken from the previous post is from:
http://weber.ucsd.edu/Depts/Anthro/classes/tlevy/Tillah/project.html
It occurred to me that someone following this thread may not recognize the reference is to Immanuel Wallerstein, The Modern World System: Capitalist Agriculture and the European World Economy in Sixteenth Century, Academic Press, 1974. For a summary see:
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/wallerstein.html
CG