Empire of Cotton: A Global History
by Beckert, Sven
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New York: Vintage Books; Random House, 2015. xxii, 615 pages, illustrations, maps; 21 cm. Tight, clean copy. "The epic story of the rise and fall of the empire of cotton, its centrality in the world economy, and its making and remaking of global capitalism. Sven Beckert's rich, fascinating book tells the story of how, in a remarkably brief period, European entrepreneurs and powerful statesmen recast the world's most significant manufacturing industry combining imperial expansion and slave labor with new machines and wage workers to change the world. Here is the story of how, beginning well before the advent of machine production in 1780, these men created a potent innovation (Beckert calls it war capitalism, capitalism based on unrestrained actions of private individuals; the domination of masters over slaves, of colonial capitalists over indigenous inhabitants), and crucially affected the disparate realms of cotton that had existed for millennia. We see how this thing called war capitalism shaped the rise of cotton, and then was used as a lever to transform the world. The empire of cotton was, from the beginning, a fulcrum of constant global struggle between slaves and planters, merchants and statesmen, farmers and merchants, workers and factory owners. In this as in so many other ways, Beckert makes clear how these forces ushered in the modern world. The result is a book as unsettling and disturbing as it is enlightening: a book that brilliantly weaves together the story of cotton with how the present global world came to exist." - Publisher.. Paperback. Fine. 8vo.
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SVEN BECKERT is the Laird Bell Professor of American History at Harvard University. His work focuses on the history of capitalism, including its economic, social, political and transnational dimensions. Holding a PhD from Columbia University, he has been the recipient of numerous fellowships from institutions including the Harvard Business School, the Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center for Scholars and Writers at the New York Public Library, and the Charles Warren Center for Studies in American History. He was also a fellow of the American Council of Learned Societies and the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation.
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- Title
- Empire of Cotton: A Global History
- Author
- Beckert, Sven
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0375713964
- ISBN 13
- 9780375713965
- Publisher
- Vintage Books; Random House
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2015
- Size
- 8vo
- Bookseller catalogs
- Media / Fabrics & Textiles; Design / Fashion & Costume; American / 3. Neo-Classical & Romantic;
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