Capitalism as World-Ecology
@article{Moore2003CapitalismAW, title={Capitalism as World-Ecology}, author={Jason W. Moore}, journal={Organization \& Environment}, year={2003}, volume={16}, pages={514 - 517} }
This essay considers the relevance of Fernand Braudel’s world-historical studies for the theory and practice of environmental history. Arguing against the conventional viewthat Braudel regarded the environment as a backdrop, the essay points to his sophisticated layering of time, space, and nature in which society and ecology actively shape each other. Braudel’s greatest historical-geographical insight is the idea that world-economies are not simply social constructions but also ecological…
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