TY - JOUR AU - Sherman, Steven AU - Trichur, Ganesh K. PY - 2004/11/26 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - Empire and its Multitude: A Review Essay JF - Journal of World-Systems Research JA - JWSR VL - 10 IS - 3 SE - Premodern Historical Systems: The Rise and Fall of States and Empires DO - 10.5195/jwsr.2004.287 UR - http://jwsr.pitt.edu/ojs/jwsr/article/view/287 SP - 819-845 AB - Empire has received attention not comparable to any academic text in recent memory. The two collections of academic approaches to it¹ that we review below are one indication of this. But in addition, the book has been the subject of enthusiastic pieces in Th e New York Times² and Time.³ Furthermore, particularly in Europe, it has been in?uential within the global justice movement. It is the rare book, indeed, that appeals to such diverse constituencies. At the same time, judging by the responses in Debating Empire and Empire?s New Clothes, the work has important flaws. ER -