Empire of Cotton

A Global History

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Sven Beckert: Empire of Cotton (2015, Penguin Books, Limited)

640 pages

English language

Published Feb. 11, 2015 by Penguin Books, Limited.

ISBN:
978-0-14-197998-4
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Pretty interesting. Never understood the saying "capitalism is violence" but am beginning to now. Also enlightening to see that there has been global trade in at least some commodities for 200+ years. I didn't understand that. I have to say the book kind of gets repetitive towards the end and I was having trouble staying focussed.

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Subjects

  • Slaves
  • Capitalism
  • Labor, history
  • Textile industry, history
  • Cotton trade
  • Slavery, history
  • Economic history, 1750-1918
  • Textile workers
  • Cotton manufacture