Empire of cotton: a new history of global capitalism /
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. Sven Beckert's rich, fascinating book tells the story of how, in a remarkably brief period, European entrepreneurs and powerful statesmen recast th...
| Main Author: | Beckert, Sven. |
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Call Number: | HD9870.5 |
| Institution: | Perbadanan Perpustakaan Awam Negeri Perak |
| Library: | Main Library |
| Record Id / ISBN-0: | ppap.52003 / 9780241011713 |
| Online Public Access Catalog: | Perbadanan Perpustakaan Awam Negeri Perak |
| Published: |
New York :
Knopf,
2014.
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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.