Empire of Cotton: A Global History
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| Rating | : | 4.87 (948 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0375414142 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 640 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-04-29 |
| Language | : | English |
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Here is the story of how, beginning well before the advent of machine production in the 1780s, these men captured ancient trades and skills in Asia, and combined them with the expropriation of lands in the Americas and the enslavement of African workers to crucially reshape the disparate realms of cotton that had existed for millennia, and how industrial capitalism gave birth to an empire, and how this force transformed the world.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. The result is a book as unse
Holding a PhD from Columbia University, he has written widely on the economic, social, and political history of capitalism. Sven Beckert is the Laird Bell Professor of American History at Harvard University. He was also a fellow of the American Council of Learned Societies and the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Found
That’s true no matter where you live in the world. – Chris Schluep. It fostered “war capitalism” among European nations. It drove slavery. It helped launch the industrial revolution in England. An Best Book of the Month, December 2014: How important is cotton? For starters, there’s a good chance that you’re wearing it right now. Cotton is everywhere, has been for a long time, and was the dominant commodity during the early years of our country. 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 it
How slavery, colonialism, and strong state involvement laid the foundations of modern prosperity Robert J. Crawford This is an academic treatment of how the modern industrial economy was born: heavy in detail, clear in analysis, if somewhat dry at times. While much of the ground has been covered elsewhere, the synthesis, breadth, and grand themes that emerge are unavailable in a single volume, to my knowledge. For me, it was a seminal reading experience, a necessary perspective that brought . Improve your knowledge of history and economics peterg This book chronicles the spread of cotton as the dominant textile, enabled by coupled economic (low wage, or slave, labor) and technological factors (cotton gin, spinning jenny, programmed looms) and financed by capital from state and private institutions.It started with the ante-bellum American south, enabling the industrial finished cloth empire in England; when the supply fr. The Darker side of the English Industrial Revolution and Western Superiority Alastair MacAndrew The reasons I really enjoyed reading this book are: a) it gives a very different view of the English Industrial Revolution, b) it is a fascinating historical account, c) it brings to light in a detailed and readable manner the darker side of capitalism.An important part of our view of the western world is that the English Industrial Revolution arose out of inventions, technolog