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Empire of Cotton : A Global History Hardcover Sven Beckert
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Numéro de l'objet eBay :135053618598
Caractéristiques de l'objet
- État
- Publication Name
- Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
- ISBN
- 9780375414145
- Book Title
- Empire of Cotton : a Global History
- Item Length
- 9.6in
- Publisher
- Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
- Publication Year
- 2014
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 1.6in
- Genre
- Business & Economics, History, Social Science
- Topic
- Slavery, Economic History, United States / 19th Century, Social History, Industries / Agribusiness, Industries / Fashion & Textile Industry, World, Labor
- Item Width
- 6.5in
- Item Weight
- 34.3 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 640 Pages
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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.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
ISBN-10
0375414142
ISBN-13
9780375414145
eBay Product ID (ePID)
201681548
Product Key Features
Book Title
Empire of Cotton : a Global History
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Slavery, Economic History, United States / 19th Century, Social History, Industries / Agribusiness, Industries / Fashion & Textile Industry, World, Labor
Publication Year
2014
Genre
Business & Economics, History, Social Science
Number of Pages
640 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9.6in
Item Height
1.6in
Item Width
6.5in
Item Weight
34.3 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
Hd9870.5.B43 2014
Reviews
"A fascinating and profound examination of the history of a crop that played a transformative role in the making of the modern world. Beckert manages to keep in view a remarkable cast of characters, from planters and slaves in the United States to British industrialists and factory workers, and farmers in India, Egypt, and China. The Empire of Cotton is global history as it should be written." --Eric Foner, Praise for Sven Beckert's EMPIRE OF COTTON "A highly detailed, provocative work." - Booklist "Hefty, informative, and engaging . . . Beckert's narrative skills keep the story of capitalism fresh and interesting for all readers." - Publishers Weekly "His close-up study of the cotton economy is a valuable model for the study of capitalism generally, an economic system in which slavery and colonialism were not outliers but instead integral to the whole . . . a valuable contribution." - Kirkus "A fascinating and profound examination of the history of a crop that played a transformative role in the making of the modern world... Global history as it should be written." -Eric Foner, Praise for Sven Beckert''s EMPIRE OF COTTON "Momentous and brilliant . . . ''Empire of Cotton'' is among the best nonfiction books of this year." -Karen R. Long, Newsday "Compelling . . . Beckert demonstrates persuasively how the ravenous cotton textile trade in Europe was instrumental in the emergence of capitalism and draws a direct line from the practices that nourished this empire to similar elements in the production of goods for today''s massive international retailers. Those who long to know more about how and why slavery took hold in Europe, Africa and the Americas will find this book to be immensely enlightening. Better still, those who live out the troubled legacy of the exploitation and enslavement of workers in the service of the cotton empire will find in it added inspiration for their continuing efforts to realize a just and more equitable society." -Ruth Simmons, President Emeritus of Brown University "Intellectually ambitious . . . a masterpiece of the historian''s craft . . ." -Timothy Shenk, The Nation "A highly detailed, provocative work." - Booklist "Hefty, informative, and engaging . . . Beckert''s narrative skills keep the story of capitalism fresh and interesting for all readers." - Publishers Weekly "[Beckert''s] close-up study of the cotton economy is a valuable model for the study of capitalism generally, an economic system in which slavery and colonialism were not outliers but instead integral to the whole . . . a valuable contribution." - Kirkus "Fascinating and profound... Global history as it should be written." -Eric Foner, Praise for Sven Beckert's EMPIRE OF COTTON "Intellectually ambitious . . . a masterpiece of the historian's craft . . ." -Timothy Shenk, The Nation "A highly detailed, provocative work." - Booklist "Hefty, informative, and engaging . . . Beckert's narrative skills keep the story of capitalism fresh and interesting for all readers." - Publishers Weekly "His close-up study of the cotton economy is a valuable model for the study of capitalism generally, an economic system in which slavery and colonialism were not outliers but instead integral to the whole . . . a valuable contribution." - Kirkus "A fascinating and profound examination of the history of a crop that played a transformative role in the making of the modern world... Global history as it should be written." -Eric Foner
Copyright Date
2014
Target Audience
Trade
Lccn
2014-009320
Dewey Decimal
338.4/767721
Dewey Edition
23
Illustrated
Yes
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