Empire of Cotton: A New History of Global Capitalism
Autor Sven Beckerten Limba Engleză Paperback – 28 oct 2015
WINNER OF THE 2015 PHILIP TAFT PRIZE
FINALIST FOR THE 2015 PULITZER PRIZE FOR HISTORY
SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2015 CUNDHILL PRIZE IN HISTORICAL LITERATURE
EconomistBOOKS 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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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780141979984
ISBN-10: 0141979984
Pagini: 640
Dimensiuni: 129 x 198 x 27 mm
Greutate: 0.44 kg
Editura: Penguin Books
Colecția Penguin
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
ISBN-10: 0141979984
Pagini: 640
Dimensiuni: 129 x 198 x 27 mm
Greutate: 0.44 kg
Editura: Penguin Books
Colecția Penguin
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
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Notă biografică
Sven
Beckert
is
Laird
Bell
Professor
of
American
History
at
Harvard
University.
He
is
also
the
author
ofThe
Monied
Metropolis:
New
York
and
the
Consolidation
of
the
American
Bourgeoisie.
Recenzii
A
masterpiece
of
the
historian's
craft:
combining
a
global
scope
with
concern
for
the
nuances
of
individual
experience,
Beckert
tracks
the
fortunes
of
a
single
commodity,
cotton,
across
six
continents
and
thousands
of
years.
That
sweeping
project
is
driven
by
the
attempt
to
unravel
the
causes
and
consequences
of
one
overarching
puzzle:
"why,
after
many
millennia
of
slow
economic
growth,
a
few
strands
of
humanity
in
the
late
eighteenth
century
suddenly
got
much
richer."
On
the
way
to
his
answer,
Beckert
uncovers
a
history
he
claims
"provides
the
key
to
understanding
the
modern
world."
.
.
.
The
belief
that
discovering
the
origins
of
economic
growth
might
unlock
modernity's
secrets
raises
questions
that
are
even
more
tantalizing
A fascinating and profound examination of the history of a crop that played a transformative role in the making of the modern world. Beckert manages to keep in view a remarkable cast of characters, from planters and slaves in the United States to British industrialists and factory workers, and farmers in India, Egypt, and China.The Empire of Cottonis global history as it should be written
Masterly . . . Deeply researched and eminently readable, "Empire of Cotton" gives new insight into the relentless expansion of global capitalism. With graceful prose and a clear and compelling argument, Beckert not only charts the expansion of cotton capitalism. . . he addresses the conditions of enslaved workers in the fields and wage workers in the factories. An astonishing achievement
Persuasive . . . brilliant . . . Beckert's detailed narrative never scants the rich complexity of the cotton trade's impact on many different societies
Empire of Cotton' proves Sven Beckert one of the new elite of genuinely global historians. Too little present-day academic history is written for the general public. 'Empire of Cotton' transcends this barrier and should be devoured eagerly, not only by scholars and students but also by the intelligent reading public. The book is rich and diverse in the treatment of its subject. The writing is elegant, and the use of both primary and secondary sources is impressive and varied. Overviews on international trends alternate with illuminating, memorable anecdotes . . . Beckert's book made me wish for a sequel
Important . . .a major work of scholarship that will not be soon surpassed as the definitive account of the product that was, as Beckert puts it, the Industrial Revolution's 'launching pad
Hefty, informative, and engaging . . . Beckert's narrative skills keep the story of capitalism fresh and interesting for all readers
An engrossing narrative
Beckert is a big-order thinker. His book offers a masterly picture of the empire of cotton as an economic system that held together myriad different parts...Beckert's ability to write a history on this scale is impressive indeed
Sven Beckert'sEmpire of Cotton: A Global Historyis certainly a must-read for specialists as well as the lay reader. The lucid style and the wide canvas, both in time and space, make the book riveting
A fascinating and profound examination of the history of a crop that played a transformative role in the making of the modern world. Beckert manages to keep in view a remarkable cast of characters, from planters and slaves in the United States to British industrialists and factory workers, and farmers in India, Egypt, and China.The Empire of Cottonis global history as it should be written
Masterly . . . Deeply researched and eminently readable, "Empire of Cotton" gives new insight into the relentless expansion of global capitalism. With graceful prose and a clear and compelling argument, Beckert not only charts the expansion of cotton capitalism. . . he addresses the conditions of enslaved workers in the fields and wage workers in the factories. An astonishing achievement
Persuasive . . . brilliant . . . Beckert's detailed narrative never scants the rich complexity of the cotton trade's impact on many different societies
Empire of Cotton' proves Sven Beckert one of the new elite of genuinely global historians. Too little present-day academic history is written for the general public. 'Empire of Cotton' transcends this barrier and should be devoured eagerly, not only by scholars and students but also by the intelligent reading public. The book is rich and diverse in the treatment of its subject. The writing is elegant, and the use of both primary and secondary sources is impressive and varied. Overviews on international trends alternate with illuminating, memorable anecdotes . . . Beckert's book made me wish for a sequel
Important . . .a major work of scholarship that will not be soon surpassed as the definitive account of the product that was, as Beckert puts it, the Industrial Revolution's 'launching pad
Hefty, informative, and engaging . . . Beckert's narrative skills keep the story of capitalism fresh and interesting for all readers
An engrossing narrative
Beckert is a big-order thinker. His book offers a masterly picture of the empire of cotton as an economic system that held together myriad different parts...Beckert's ability to write a history on this scale is impressive indeed
Sven Beckert'sEmpire of Cotton: A Global Historyis certainly a must-read for specialists as well as the lay reader. The lucid style and the wide canvas, both in time and space, make the book riveting