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Empire of Cotton: A Global History
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Empire of Cotton: A Global History Paperback - 2015

by Sven Beckert

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Vintage, November 2015. Paperback. USED Good.
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  • Title Empire of Cotton: A Global History
  • Author Sven Beckert
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition Reprint
  • Condition USED Good
  • Pages 640
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Vintage, New York, NY
  • Date November 2015
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Maps
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 103462
  • ISBN 9780375713965 / 0375713964
  • Weight 1.3 lbs (0.59 kg)
  • Dimensions 7.8 x 5.1 x 1.3 in (19.81 x 12.95 x 3.30 cm)
  • Themes
    • Aspects (Academic): Historical
    • Chronological Period: 19th Century
    • Chronological Period: Modern
  • Library of Congress subjects History, Capitalism
  • Dewey Decimal Code 338.476

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Citations

  • New York Times Book Review, 12/27/2015, Page 24

About the author

SVEN BECKERT is the Laird Bell Professor of American History at Harvard University. Holding a PhD from Columbia University, he has written widely on the economic, social, and political history of capitalism. He has been the recipient of numerous awards and fellowships, including from Harvard Business School, the Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center for Scholars and Writers at the New York Public Library, and the Charles Warren Center for Studies in American History. He was also a fellow of the American Council of Learned Societies and the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. He lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.