| Empire of Cotton: A Global History Contributor(s): Beckert, Sven (Author) |
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ISBN: 0375713964 ISBN-13: 9780375713965 Publisher: Vintage OUR PRICE: $18.00 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 2015 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | World - General - Business & Economics | Industries - Agribusiness - Business & Economics | Industries - Fashion & Textile Industry |
| Dewey: 338.476 |
| Physical Information: 1.3" H x 5.1" W x 7.8" (1.30 lbs) 640 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Modern |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: WINNER OF THE BANCROFT PRIZE PULITZER PRIZE FINALIST Winner of the Alfred and Fay Chandler Book Award 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. The result is a book 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. |