Immanuel Wallerstein | |
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Wallerstein giving a talk at a seminar at the European University at St. Petersburg in May 2008. | |
| Born | September 28, 1930 New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Died | August 31, 2019 (aged 88) |
| Alma mater | Columbia University |
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Immanuel Maurice Wallerstein (/ˈwɔːlərstiːn/; September 28, 1930 – August 31, 2019) was an American sociologist, economic historian and world-systems analyst. His best known works helped developed the world-systems approach. He published bimonthly commentaries through Agence Global on world affairs from October 1998 to July 2019.
He was a Senior Research Scholar at Yale University from 2000 until his death in 2019.