Actually, Mark privately criticized me for that part of the book. I
mostly agreed with him, but I did not have time to take advantage of his
comments. Still, on the whole, there were stong similarities between the
two.
I did not look at much of the international contribution because I was
trying to understand the process as it was reflected in political economy.
The political economists that followed the mercantalists rarely
acknowledged the contribution of imperialism.
Besides my understanding of the Indian/Irish/Carribean nexus is not as
strong as it should be.
On Sun, Jun 03, 2001 at 04:54:01AM +0100, Mark Jones wrote:
>
> I should have added in an earlier reply that one of the best attempts from
> outside the world-system school, at integrating the theory with the history
> in order to arrive at 'the whole truth' is Michael Perelman's own book "The
> Invention of Capitalism", which includes a very interesting comparison of
> the ideas of Adam Smith and Lenin, who (Michael concludes) shared similar
> views about the form of primitive accumulation in the countryside, and the
> relative importance of markets and of state dirigisme.
>
> Mark Jones
>
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Economics Department
California State University
Chico, CA 95929
Tel. 530-898-5321
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