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Empire of Cotton - A New History of Global Capitalism (Paperback) Loot Price: R390
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Empire of Cotton - A New History of Global Capitalism (Paperback): Sven Beckert

Empire of Cotton - A New History of Global Capitalism (Paperback)

Sven Beckert

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WINNER OF THE 2015 BANCROFT PRIZE WINNER OF THE 2015 PHILIP TAFT PRIZE FINALIST FOR THE 2015 PULITZER PRIZE FOR HISTORY SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2015 CUNDHILL PRIZE IN HISTORICAL LITERATURE Economist BOOKS OF THE YEAR 2015 'Knowledgeable and stunning' Orhan Pamuk 'A masterpiece of the historian's craft' The Nation For about 900 years, from 1000 to 1900, cotton was the world's most important manufacturing industry. It remains a vast business - if all the cotton bales produced in 2013 had been stacked on top of each other they would have made a somewhat unstable tower 40,000 miles high. Sven Beckert's superb new book is a history of the overwhelming role played by cotton in dictating the shape of our world. It is both a gripping narrative and a brilliant case history of how the world works.

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Imprint: Penguin Books
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Release date: October 2015
Authors: Sven Beckert
Dimensions: 198 x 129 x 30mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback
Pages: 612
ISBN-13: 978-0-14-197998-4
Categories: Books > Humanities > History > World history > General
Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Economic history
Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political ideologies > Imperialism
Books > Business & Economics > Industry & industrial studies > Manufacturing industries > Textile industries
Books > History > History of specific subjects > Economic history
Books > History > World history > General
LSN: 0-14-197998-4
Barcode: 9780141979984

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