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Empire of Cotton：A Global History

内容简介

Theepicstoryoftheriseandfalloftheempireofcotton，itscentralitytotheworldeconomy，anditsmakingandremakingofglobalcapitalism.Cottonissoubiquitousastobealmostinvisible，yetunderstandingitshistoryiskeytounderstandingtheoriginsofmoderncapitalism.SvenBeckert’srich，fascinatingbooktellsthestoryofhow，inaremarkablybriefperiod，Europeanentrepreneursandpowerfulstatesmenrecasttheworld’smostsignificantmanufacturingindustry，combiningimperialexpansionandslavelaborwithnewmachinesandwageworkerstochangetheworld.Hereisthestoryofhow，beginningwellbeforetheadventofmachineproductioninthe1780s，thesemencapturedancienttradesandskillsinAsia，andcombinedthemwiththeexpropriationoflandsintheAmericasandtheenslavementofAfricanworkerstocruciallyreshapethedisparaterealmsofcottonthathadexistedformillennia，andhowindustrialcapitalismgavebirthtoanempire，andhowthisforcetransformedtheworld.Theempireofcottonwas，fromthebeginning，afulcrumofconstantglobalstrugglebetweenslavesandplanters，merchantsandstatesmen，workersandfactoryowners.Beckertmakesclearhowtheseforcesusheredintheworldofmoderncapitalism，includingthevastwealthanddisturbinginequalitiesthatarewithustoday.Theresultisabookasunsettlingasitisenlightening：abookthatbrilliantlyweavestogetherthestoryofcottonwithhowthepresentglobalworldcametoexist.

作者简介

SvenBeckertistheLairdBellProfessorofAmericanHistoryatHarvardUniversity.HoldingaPhDfromColumbiaUniversity,hehaswrittenwidelyontheeconomic,social,andpoliticalhistoryofcapitalism.Hehasbeentherecipientofnumerousawardsandfellowships,includingfromHarvardBusinessSchool,theDorothyandLewisB.CullmanCenterforScholarsandWritersattheNewYorkPublicLibrary,andtheCharlesWarrenCenterforStudiesinAmericanHistory.HewasalsoafellowoftheAmericanCouncilofLearnedSocietiesandtheJohnSimonGuggenheimMemorialFoundation.HelivesinCambridge,Massachusetts.

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