Empire of Cotton
A Global History
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Engelsk
WINNER OF THE BANCROFT PRIZE • A Pulitzer Prize finalist that''s as unsettling as it is enlightening: a book that brilliantly weaves together the story of cotton with how the present global world came...
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Forlagsbeskrivelse af Empire of Cotton af Sven Beckert
WINNER OF THE BANCROFT PRIZE • A Pulitzer Prize finalist that''s 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. “Masterly … An astonishing achievement. ” —The New York Times 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.
Detaljer
ISBN
9780375713965
Sprog
Engelsk
Udgivelsesdato
01-01-1900
Format
Ukendt format
Varenr.
3339325
EAN nr.
9780375713965
Varegruppe
Fiction paperback
Højde/Dybde (mm)
206
Bredde (mm)
136
Længde (mm)
30
Vægt (g)
520