Empire of Cotton: A Global History Books Details
Hardcover: 640 pages
Publisher: Knopf (December 2, 2014)
Language: English
Publisher: Knopf (December 2, 2014)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0375414142
ISBN-13: 978-0375414145
Product Dimensions: 6.6 x 1.6 x 9.6 inches
ow important is cotton? For starters, there’s a good chance that
you’re wearing it right now. That’s true no matter where you live in the
world. Cotton is everywhere, has been for a long time, and was the
dominant commodity during the early years of our country. It fostered
“war capitalism” among European nations. It helped launch the industrial
revolution in England. It drove slavery. The story of cotton is the
story of modern capitalism, and in Empire of Cotton, author Sven Beckert
shows how a worldwide crop that came in multiple forms and was
cultivated and produced in many different ways came to be dominated by
the late coming Europeans, and later Americans, often through violent
means, reshaping both the world economy and the world itself—for better
or worse along the way.Get online Empire of Cotton: A Global History today.
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