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Empire of cotton : a global history /

"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 in...

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Main Author: Beckert, Sven.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2015, ©2014.
Edition:1st Vintage books ed.
Subjects and Genres:
Cotton trade > History.
Cotton plantation workers > History.
Slavery > Economic aspects.
Enslaved persons.
Textile workers.
Capitalism > History.
Labor > History.
Cotton textile industry > History.
Travailleurs des plantations de coton > Histoire.
Esclaves.
Travailleurs du textile.
Travail > Histoire.
Tissus de coton > Industrie > Histoire.
enslaved people.
textile workers.
Capitalism.
Cotton plantation workers.
Cotton textile industry.
Cotton trade.
Labor.
History.
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Summary: "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 worldℓ́ℓs 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."--Publisher's website.
Physical Description: xxii, 615 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 25 cm
Awards: Cundill Prize in Historical Literature Finalist, 2015.
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (pages 449-587) and index.

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