Empire Of Cotton: A New History Of Global Capitalism

For about 900 years, from 1000 to 1900, cotton was the world's most important manufacturing industry. It remains a vast business. This book tells the history of the overwhelming role played by cotton in dictating the shape of our world. It is also a case history of how the world works.

• | By (Author): Sven Beckert
• | Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
• | Publication Date: Oct 29, 2015
• | Country of Publication: United Kingdom
• | Number of Pages: 640 pages
• | Language: Unknown
• | Binding: Softback
• | ISBN-10: 0141979984
• | ISBN-13: 9780141979984