Empire of cotton : a global history / Sven Beckert.

Description:
1 online resource.
Publisher:
New York :
Knopf,
2014.
Electronic resources
- ISBN: 9780385353250 (electronic bk.)
- ISBN: 0385353251 (electronic bk.)
General Note: | Title from resource description page (Recorded Books, viewed June 19, 2014). |
Bibliography, etc.: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Contents: | Introduction -- The rise of a global commodity -- Building war capitalism -- The wages of war ... Read More |
Summary: | The epic story of the rise and fall of the empire of cotton, its centrality in the world economy, ... Read More |
Awards: | Cundill Prize in Historical Literature Finalist, 2015. |
Subject: |
History.
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Genre: |
Electronic books. Downloadable e-Books |
Citation:
Beckert, Sven.
"Empire of cotton : a global history."
New York :
Knopf,
2014.