Empire of cotton, a global history, Sven Beckert
Type
Label
Empire of cotton, a global history, Sven Beckert
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 449-587) and index
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
Empire of cotton
Nature of contents
bibliography
Oclc number
875554374
Responsibility statement
Sven Beckert
Sub title
a global history
Summary
"The epic story of the rise and fall of the empire of cotton, its centrality in the world economy, and its making and remaking of global capitalism."--, Provided by publisher
Table Of Contents
Introduction -- The rise of a global commodity -- Building war capitalism -- The wages of war capitalism -- Capturing labor, conquering land -- Slavery takes command -- Industrial capitalism takes wings -- Mobilizing labor -- Making the global -- A war reverberates around the world -- Reconstructing the empire of cotton -- Creative destructions -- The new cotton imperialism -- The return of the global south -- Epilogue : the weave and the weft