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Sven Beckert’s *Empire of Cotton* presents a rigorous history of the cotton trade and its central role in shaping the world economy. From early enterprise through the rise of machine production to the era of mass wage labor, the book shows how European capitalist interests, imperial politics, and the brutal realities of slavery converged to create a global marketplace that drove the modern economic order. Beckert illustrates the complex interactions among planters, merchants, statesmen, and factory workers, revealing how cotton was both a symbol and engine of 19th‑century industrial and social change.
First publish date: 2014
Genre: History/Modern History
Authors: Sven Beckert
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