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Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction The Three Phases of Marxist Imperialism Theory -- 1. Imperialism as Aberration: The Reformists: Hobson, Hilferding and Kautsky -- 2. Imperialism as Unavoidable Consequence of Capitalist Development: The Revolutionaries: Luxemburg, Bukharin and Lenin -- 3. Paul Sweezy and Paul Baran: The Founders of Neo-Marxist Imperialism Theory -- 4. Andre Gunder Frank: Underdevelopment, Dependency and Disenchantment -- 5. Immanuel Wallerstein and the Modern World System: Hegemony and the Long Wave Cycles of Capitalism -- 6. Samir Amin: A Bridge from Neo-Marxism to 'Globalisation-era' Marxist Theorising -- 7. Empire According to Hardt and Negri -- 8. The Big Three: Globalisation, Empire, State and the Third Phase of Marxist Imperialism Theory -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.

List of contributors -- Introduction -- Marxism and capitalism -- The marxist tradition of historiography in the West / Georg G. Iggers -- The influence of Marx on historiography of the United States and North America / William D. Carrigan -- Marxism and marxist history -- From the center to the margin : the fate of marxism in contemporary russian historiography / Mikhail Krom -- Marxism in post-communist east and Central European historical writing / Attila Pók -- Rewriting modern Chinese history in the reform era : changing narratives and perspectives in Chinese historiography / Huaiyin Li -- Latin American marxist history : rise, fall and resurrection / Juan Maiguaschca -- Marxism and national history -- Turkish marxist historiography : a story of denationalization / Meltem Toksöz -- Marxism and Brazilian historiography / Jurandir Malerba -- The importance and legacy of marxist history in Japan / Curtis Anderson Gayle -- Marxism and postcolonial studies -- Thinking through transition : marxist historiography in India / Rochona Majumdar -- Marxism and Middle Eastern history / Ervand Abrahamian -- Marxist influence in African history-writing / Georg G. Iggers -- Conclusion -- Index

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