Empire of Cotton: A Global History

by Sven Beckert

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WINNER OF THE BANCROFT PRIZE - A Pulitzer Prize finalist that's as unsettling as it is enlightening: a book that brilliantly weaves together the story of cotton with how the present global world came to exist.

"Masterly ... An astonishing achievement." --The New York Times

The empire of cotton was, from the beginning, a fulcrum of constant global struggle between slaves and planters, merchants and statesmen, workers and factory owners. Sven Beckert makes clear how these forces ushered in the world of modern capitalism, including the vast wealth and disturbing inequalities that are with us today.

In a remarkably brief period, European entrepreneurs and powerful politicians recast the world's most significant manufacturing industry, combining imperial expansion and slave labor with new machines and wage workers to make and remake global capitalism.

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0375713964

ISBN13:9780375713965

Release Date:November 2015

Publisher:Vintage

Length:640 Pages

Weight:1.36 lbs.

Dimensions:1.3" x 5.1" x 7.8"

Related Subjects

Capitalism Colonialism Slavery Business Business & Investing History Political Science Politics & Social Sciences

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