The Resource Empire of cotton : a global history, Sven Beckert
Empire of cotton : a global history, Sven Beckert
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The item Empire of cotton : a global history, Sven Beckert represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Des Plaines Public Library.
This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
- Summary
- "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."--
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- xxii, 615 pages
- Contents
-
- The rise of a global commodity
- Building war capitalism
- The wages of war capitalism
- Capturing labor, conquering land
- Slavery takes command
- Industrial capitalism takes wing
- Mobilizing industrial labor
- Making cotton global
- A war reverberates around the world
- Global reconstruction
- Destructions
- The new cotton imperialism
- The return of the global South
- The weave and the weft: an epilogue
- Isbn
- 9780375414145
- Label
- Empire of cotton : a global history
- Title
- Empire of cotton
- Title remainder
- a global history
- Statement of responsibility
- Sven Beckert
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "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."--
- Assigning source
- Provided by publisher
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Beckert, Sven
- Dewey number
- 338.4/767721
- Illustrations
-
- illustrations
- maps
- portraits
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- HD9870.5
- LC item number
- .B43 2014
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Cotton textile industry
- Cotton trade
- Cotton plantation workers
- Slavery
- Slaves
- Textile workers
- Capitalism
- Labor
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- Empire of cotton : a global history, Sven Beckert
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 449-587) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- The rise of a global commodity -- Building war capitalism -- The wages of war capitalism -- Capturing labor, conquering land -- Slavery takes command -- Industrial capitalism takes wing -- Mobilizing industrial labor -- Making cotton global -- A war reverberates around the world -- Global reconstruction -- Destructions -- The new cotton imperialism -- The return of the global South -- The weave and the weft: an epilogue
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- xxii, 615 pages
- Isbn
- 9780375414145
- Lccn
- 2014009320
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Other physical details
- illustrations, maps, portraits
- System control number
-
- (OCoLC)ocn875554374
- (Sirsi) o875554374
- (OCoLC)875554374
- Label
- Empire of cotton : a global history, Sven Beckert
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 449-587) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- The rise of a global commodity -- Building war capitalism -- The wages of war capitalism -- Capturing labor, conquering land -- Slavery takes command -- Industrial capitalism takes wing -- Mobilizing industrial labor -- Making cotton global -- A war reverberates around the world -- Global reconstruction -- Destructions -- The new cotton imperialism -- The return of the global South -- The weave and the weft: an epilogue
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- xxii, 615 pages
- Isbn
- 9780375414145
- Lccn
- 2014009320
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Other physical details
- illustrations, maps, portraits
- System control number
-
- (OCoLC)ocn875554374
- (Sirsi) o875554374
- (OCoLC)875554374
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