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"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 the world's most significant manufacturing industry combining imperial expansion and slave labor with new machines and wage workers to change the world. Here...
2) Big cotton: how a humble fiber created fortunes, wrecked civilizations, and put America on the map
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2005
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Traces the history of cotton, examines the impact it has had on civilizations throughout history, and describes the many uses of cotton.