01497nam a22002297a 4500 20240918142041.0 240918b |||||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d 9780375713965 : Donated by Prof. Ines. G. Zupanov & Jabin Thomas(IRGS) 338.476 BEC Beckert, Sven. Empire of cotton : a global history. / Sven Beckert. , New York : Vintage Books , 2015. xxii, 615p. : 24cm. 00 WINNER OF THE BANCROFT PRIZEPULITZER PRIZE FINALISTWinner of the Alfred and Fay Chandler Book AwardThe 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. History Economic aspects Textile workers Sven Beckert. BOOK 62398 62398 0 0 ddc 0 0 SNUL SNUL 2024-09-18 Donated by Prof. Ines. G. Zupanov & Jabin Thomas(IRGS) 0.00 3 338.476 BEC G3904 2026-04-25 16:58:19 2026-04-09 2024-09-18 BOOK Donated by Prof. Ines. G. Zupanov & Jabin Thomas(IRGS)