Empire of Cotton: A New History of Global Capitalism
Sven BeckertEmpire of Cotton: A New History of Global Capitalism
October 21, 2014640 pages
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Now in paperback, this is a history of the cotton industry, and the overwhelming role played by cotton in dictating the shape of our world. It won the Bancroft Prize and the Philip Taft Prize and was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize.
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