Empire of Cotton:
Sven Beckert
Empire of Cotton: A New History of Global Capitalism - xxii, 615 p., ill., maps; 25 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
9780141979984
Cotton textile industry--History
Cotton trade--History
Cotton plantation workers--History
Slavery--Economic aspects
Textile workers
Capitalism--History
Labor--History
Empire of Cotton: A New History of Global Capitalism - xxii, 615 p., ill., maps; 25 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
9780141979984
Cotton textile industry--History
Cotton trade--History
Cotton plantation workers--History
Slavery--Economic aspects
Textile workers
Capitalism--History
Labor--History