内容简介
WINNEROFTHEBANCROFTPRIZEPULITZERPRIZEFINALISTTheempireofcottonwas，fromthebeginning，afulcrumofconstantglobalstrugglebetweenslavesandplanters，merchantsandstatesmen，workersandfactoryowners.SvenBeckertmakesclearhowtheseforcesusheredintheworldofmoderncapitalism，includingthevastwealthanddisturbinginequalitiesthatarewithustoday.Inaremarkablybriefperiod，Europeanentrepreneursandpowerfulpoliticiansrecasttheworld’smostsignificantmanufacturingindustry，combiningimperialexpansionandslavelaborwithnewmachinesandwageworkerstomakeandremakeglobalcapitalism.Theresultisabookasunsettlingasitisenlightening：abookthatbrilliantlyweavestogetherthestoryofcottonwithhowthepresentglobalworldcametoexist.
作者简介
SvenBeckertistheLairdBellProfessorofAmericanHistoryatHarvardUniversity.HoldingaPhDfromColumbiaUniversity,hehaswrittenwidelyontheeconomic,social,andpoliticalhistoryofcapitalism.Hehasbeentherecipientofnumerousawardsandfellowships,includingfromHarvardBusinessSchool,theDorothyandLewisB.CullmanCenterforScholarsandWritersattheNewYorkPublicLibrary,andtheCharlesWarrenCenterforStudiesinAmericanHistory.HewasalsoafellowoftheAmericanCouncilofLearnedSocietiesandtheJohnSimonGuggenheimMemorialFoundation.HelivesinCambridge,Massachusetts.,,