1. Essays by A.G. Frank, arranged by topic
   1. On Current Affairs
   2. On Social Movements
   3. On Archaeology
   4. On Central Asia and the Caspian Sea Region
   5. On World History
2. Book Reviews and Responses
3. Autobiographical Essays
4. Biographical Essays by Other People
5. Syllabi and Bibliographies
6. Other Sites of Interest
7. Participation in E-mail Discussion Groups

In each topic category, items are listed more or less in chronological order. The dating, for instance of 1995/2000, refers to date of writing / date of publication and sometimes of revision.

On Current Affairs

• Foreword to the Korean Edition of ReOrient [2002]
• The Tragedy of September 11: Cui Bono [2001]
• U.S. Economic Overstretch and Military/Political Imperial Blowback? [2001]
• The United Nations and International Law [2001]
• On Kofi Annan and the Nobel Peace Prize [2001]
• Michigan State University Model United Nations [2001]
• Como Enriquecerse y Disipar Entropía por Via Multilateral [2001] (in WordPerfect format)
• NATO's Kosovo Political Bomb [1999] and Essays and Selections on NATO and Kosovo
• Asian Meltdown or Startup? [1999]
• Speak Truth to Power about Naked Science [1998] (in WordPerfect format)
• Social Justice, a testimonial contribution to the twenty-fifth anniversary issue. [1998]
• Orienting International Studies or Not [1997]
• Obituary Tribute to Ernest Mandel [1996]
• What Went Wrong in the "Socialist" East? [1993/94]
• Marketing Democracy in an Undemocratic Market [1993]
• McWorld vs Jihad Critique: Divide or Impera [1993]
• What Went [and Still is?] Wrong?: Economy, Politics and Ideology in Contention [1992]
• World Economic Crisis Once Again [1992]
• A Political Economy of the Gulf War and New World Order [1991]

On Social Movements

• Ten Theses on Social Movements [with Marta Fuentes 1988]
• On Studying the Cycles in Social Movements [with Marta Fuentes 1992/94]

On Archaeology

• Bronze Age World System Cycles is an unedited draft version of an article with the same title in CURRENT ANTHROPOLOGY [1992/93] (in WordPerfect format)
• Abuses and Some Uses of World System Theory in Archaeology [1995/99]

On Central Asia and the Caspian Sea Region

• Some Ups and Downs on the Silk Road [1990]
• The Centrality of Central Asia [1991/93] (in WordPerfect format)
• From Central Asia to Middle Kingdom China [1997] (in WordPerfect format)
• Central Asia's Continuing Role to 1800 [1997] (in WordPerfect format)
• The 'Great Game' for Caspian Sea Oil [2000]

On World History

• Transitional Ideological Modes: Feudalism, Capitalism, Socialism [1991]
• Introduction to the Five Thousand Year World System [1992/93]
• On Gender Relations and History [1992]
• Latin America at the Margin of World System History [1992]
• World-Economies or World Economy? A Critical Reading of Braudel's Perspective of the World. (in Postscript format) [1993]
• A Structural Theory of the Five Thousand Year World System [with Barry Gills 1995/2000].
• The Five Thousand Year World System in Theory and Praxis [with Barry Gills 1995/2001]
• The Asian Based World Economy 1400 - 1800 [1995]
• Historical Comparisons and Connections at the AHA [1996]
• On Economic History [1997]
• Statement on World History [2000]
• On the New World History (Reflection prompted by the selections in The New World History, edited by Ross Dunn) [2001]
• Location, Location, Location and ReOrient, the 19th Century are topically and chronologically arranged, incomplete first drafts of an intended sequel to my book ReOrient, whose account stopped with 1800. [2001] (in WordPerfect format)
• Toward Humano- and Eco-Centrism: Unity in Diversity, not Clash of Civilizations [2001]
• World System History and the World after September 11 [2002]
• No Civilization: Multilateral and Entropic Paradigms for the World Today and Tomorrow [2002]

Book Reviews and Responses

• Review of Kevin H. O'Rourke and Jeffrey G. Williamson's Globalization and History  [2002]
• Review of Ernest Mandel and David Gordon Debate on Economic Cycles [1992]
• Review of Bernard Nossiter's Fat Years and Lean [1993]
• Review of Graeme Snooks' The Dynamic Society [1996]
• Review of Richard von Glahn's Fountain of Fortune [1997]
• Review of David Landes' The Wealth and Poverty of Nations [1998]
• Review of Kenneth Pomeranz's The Great Divergence [2000]
• Review of David Hacket Fisher's The Great Wave [2001]
• Review of A.T. Embree and C. Gluck's Asia in Western and World History [2002]
• Response to Peer Vries' review of ReOrient [1999]
• Response to ReOrient reviews [2000]

Autobiographical Essays

The following on-line auto-biographical essays speak to the development of my theoretical thinking and personal history.

• Practical Strategies for Social and Economic Development [1986 Interview]
• The Underdevelopment of Development [1991/95]
• Preface to ReOrient [1996]
• Preface to The World System [1992/93]
• The Cold War and Me, an autobiographical essay. [1998]
• Immanuel and Me With-Out Hyphen [2000]

Biographical Essays by Other People

Other people have written and published biographical essays about Frank in English, Spanish, Italian, French, German, Russian, Chinese, Japanese and other languages.

• Chinese - Lydia Liu
• Chinese Review of ReOrient.
• Chinese Review of ReOrient.
• Deutsch - Wolfgang Hein
• Espańol - Theotonio dos Santos
• Francais - Remy Herrera (in Word format)
• Italiano - Andrea Meloni (in Word format)
• Japanese - Norihisa Yamashita (in PDF format)
• Persian (in PDF format)
• Polska - Jednosc W Wielosci
• Portugues - Theotonio dos Santos (in Word format)
• Review of ReOrient by Dusan Pajin (in Serbian) (in Word format)
• Review of ReOrient by Dusan Pajin (in Serbian)
• Svenska - [PM sociologisk teori C, ht?95 Av Jens Holm]

Syllabi and Bibliographies

• Macrosociological Theory and the World System Syllabus, University of Toronto. [1996]
• World History and Social Theory Syllabus, Florida International University. [1999]
• World History (Globalization 4000 BCE - 2000 CE) Syllabus, University of Nebraska. [2001]
• Bibliography on World History used by A.G. Frank until 1998. (in WordPerfect format)

Other Sites of Interest

• Z Magazine
• Jay's Leftist Resources
• University of Toronto Department of Sociology
• World History Association
• World History Center
• World Systems Network
• World History Archives
• New England Regional World History Association
• Bulletin of Concerned Asian Scholars
• Jack Owens' Home Page
• Jack Owens' Links and Bookmarks
• American Sociological Association

Participation in E-mail Discussion Groups

• World Systems Network
• World history network discussion groups
  H-World (search)
  H-Asia (search)
  
• EconHist '94-'95
  
• EconHist '95 to present
  May/June 1998 Frank/Landes email debate
  December 1998 Frank/Landes debate