Immanuel Wallerstein
American sociologist and economic historian (1930-2019) · United States · On the map · Academics · Died at 88
Immanuel Maurice Wallerstein was an American sociologist and economic historian. He is perhaps best known for his development in sociology of world-systems approach.
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2019Died31 August 20192004Kondratiev MedalAward2003W.E.B. Du Bois Career of Distinguished Scholarship awardAward1976Honorary Doctorate from the University of Paris-VIIAward1930Born28 September 1930
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He was a Senior Research Scholar at Yale University from 2000 until his death in 2019, and published bimonthly syndicated commentaries through Agence Global on world affairs from October 1998 to July 2019.
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Lived 1930 to 2019 · aged 88
