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Empire of cotton : a new history of global capitalism / Sven Beckert.

By: Publication details: London : Penguin Books, 2014.Description: xxii, 615 p. : ill. ; 22 cmISBN:
  • 9780141979984 (pbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 338.47677 BEC
Contents:
Introduction Chapter 1. The Rise of a Global Commodity Chapter 2. Building War Capitalism Chapter 3. The Wages of War Capitalism Chapter 4. Capturing Labor, Conquering Land Chapter 5. Slavery Takes Command Chapter 6. Industrial Capitalism Takes Wing Chapter 7. Mobilizing Industrial Labor Chapter 8. Making Cotton Global Chapter 9. A War Reverberates Around the World Chapter 10. Global Reconstruction Chapter 11. Destructions Chapter 12. The New Cotton Imperialism Chapter 13. The Return of the Global South Chapter 14. The Weave and the Weft: An Epilogue
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Introduction
Chapter 1. The Rise of a Global Commodity
Chapter 2. Building War Capitalism
Chapter 3. The Wages of War Capitalism
Chapter 4. Capturing Labor, Conquering Land
Chapter 5. Slavery Takes Command
Chapter 6. Industrial Capitalism Takes Wing
Chapter 7. Mobilizing Industrial Labor
Chapter 8. Making Cotton Global
Chapter 9. A War Reverberates Around the World
Chapter 10. Global Reconstruction
Chapter 11. Destructions
Chapter 12. The New Cotton Imperialism
Chapter 13. The Return of the Global South
Chapter 14. The Weave and the Weft: An Epilogue