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Tentative Search for a Missing Link in World-Systems Analysis (The Rise of the 19th-Century American-Led Asia-Pacific World): A Critical Appraisal of World-Systems Studies

  • Journal of Humanities, Seoul National University
  • 2025, 82(1), pp.227~266
  • DOI : 10.17326/jhsnu.82.1.202502.227
  • Publisher : Institute of Humanities, Seoul National University
  • Research Area : Humanities > Other Humanities
  • Received : December 31, 2024
  • Accepted : February 13, 2025
  • Published : February 28, 2025

RU, SUNG HEE 1

1한경국립대학교

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ABSTRACT

In this study, I argue that the rise of the 19th-century US-led Asia-Pacific world is a missing link in world-systems analysis. World-systems researchers have described the 19th century as a period dominated by European countries, or have analyzed it as a time when the global hegemony centered on the United Kingdom was at its peak. In contrast, this study posits the Asia-Pacific world as a newly emerging region within the 19th century worldsystem, and points to the expansion of the 19th century United States into the Asia-Pacific world as the cause of its rise. As a first step towards conducting long-term research, this study has carried out a critical evaluation of past studies on world-systems analysis.

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