TY - JOUR AU - Arrighi, Giovanni PY - 2004/08/26 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - Spatial and Other ?Fixes? of Historical Capitalism JF - Journal of World-Systems Research JA - JWSR VL - 10 IS - 2 SE - JWSR MINI-SYMPOSIUM: Peter Gowan & The “Capitalist World-Empire” DO - 10.5195/jwsr.2004.289 UR - http://jwsr.pitt.edu/ojs/jwsr/article/view/289 SP - 527-539 AB - Capitalism is the first and only historical social system that has become truly global in scale and scope. Mapping this transformation over time is a particularly challenging task. Without some theoretical guidance in the selection of the networks to be mapped, there is a real risk of producing maps that are so confusing as to be worthless. Drawing from David Harvey?s concepts of ?spatial-temporal fix,? ?switching crisis,? and ?accumulation bydispossession,? this article proposes a conceptual map focused specifically on the processes associated with the globalization of historical capitalism. This is not an actual map of the spatial-temporal dynamic of historical capitalism but a first step in the identification of the kind of geographic and historical information that is needed in order to produce such a map. ER -