Research Foundation of SUNY Sugar and the Expansion of the Early Modern World-Economy: Commodity Frontiers, Ecological Transformation, and Industrialization Author(s): Jason W. Moore Source: Review (Fernand Braudel Center), Vol. 23, No. 3 (2000), pp. 409-433 Published by: Research Foundation of SUNY for and on behalf of the Fernand Braudel Center Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/40241510 . Accessed: 21/06/2014 17:08 Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of the Terms & Conditions of Use, available at . http://www.jstor.org/page/info/about/policies/terms.jsp . JSTOR is a not-for-profit service that helps scholars, researchers, and students discover, use, and build upon a wide range of content in a trusted digital archive. We use information technology and tools to increase productivity and facilitate new forms of scholarship. For more information about JSTOR, please contact
[email protected]. Research Foundation of SUNY and Fernand Braudel Center are collaborating with JSTOR to digitize, preserve and extend access to Review (Fernand Braudel Center). http://www.jstor.org This content downloaded from 128.226.37.5 on Sat, 21 Jun 2014 17:08:43 PM All use subject to JSTOR Terms and Conditions Sugar and theExpansion of theEarly Modern World-Economy CommodityFrontiers, Ecological Transformation, and Industrialization* JasonW. Moore articleattempts to restoreand operationalizethe concept of the frontierfor the studyof worldcapitalist expansion and its structuraltendency towards environmental degradation. World-sys- temsanalysts have paid considerableattention to theways in which theworld-economy expands. The bulk of thiswork has been given over to the studyof long waves,the reorganizationof production units,state-formation, and otherimportant processes.