Empire of cotton

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ONE OF THE NEW YORK TIMES 10 BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR

WINNER OF THE BANCROFT PRIZE

PULITZER PRIZE FINALIST

The epic story of the rise and fall of the empire of cotton, its centrality to the world economy, and its making and remaking of global capitalism.

Cotton is so ubiquitous as to be almost invisible, yet understanding its history is key to understanding the origins of modern 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 the 1780s, these men captured ancient trades and skills in Asia, and combined them with the expropriation of lands in the Americas and the enslavement of African workers to crucially reshape the disparate realms of cotton that had existed for millennia, and how industrial capitalism gave birth to an empire, and how this force transformed the world.

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. 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. 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.

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Empire of Cotton

Rating: 4 / 5 | Prijs: € 14.95

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 wo Op voorraad. Voor 23:59 uur besteld, vrijdag in huis .. MEER INFO

Empire Of Cotton

Rating: 4 / 5 | Prijs: € 18.93

For about 900 years from 1000 to 1900 cotton was the world s most important manufacturing industry it remains a vast business this book tells the history of the overwhelming role played by cotton in dictating the shape of our world it is also a case history of how the world works winner of the Uiterlijk 3 januari in huis .. MEER INFO

Empire of Cotton

Rating: 4 / 5 | Prijs: € 10.99

Winner of the 2015 bancroft prize winner of the 2015 philip taft prize finalist for the 2015 pulitzer prize for history shortlisted for the 2015 cundhill prize in historical literature economist books of the year 2015 a masterpiece of the historian s craft the nation for about 900 years from 1000 Direct beschikbaar .. MEER INFO

Taal: en

Bindwijze: Hardcover

Oorspronkelijke releasedatum: 02 december 2014

Aantal pagina's: 640

Illustraties: Nee

Hoofdauteur: Sven Beckert

Hoofduitgeverij: Knopf Publishing Group

Originele titel: King Cotton

Extra groot lettertype: Nee

Product breedte: 165 mm

Product hoogte: 41 mm

Product lengte: 246 mm

Studieboek: Ja

Verpakking breedte: 165 mm

Verpakking hoogte: 41 mm

Verpakking lengte: 246 mm

Verpakkingsgewicht: 960 g

EAN: 9780375414145

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