Vintage 2015 Trade paperback New. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 640 p. Contains: Illustrations.

ISBN10: 0375713964, ISBN13: 9780375713965, [publisher: Random House USA Inc, New York] Softcover Paperback. 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 worlds most significant manufacturing industry, combining imperial expansion and slave labor with new machines and wage workers to make and remake global capitalism. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.
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