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Now in paperback, this is a history of the cotton industry, and the overwhelming role played by cotton in dictating the shape of our world. It won the Bancroft Prize and the Philip Taft Prize and was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize.
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Empire of Cotton, Sven Beckert
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- Released
- 2015
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- Title
- Empire of Cotton
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Sven Beckert
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Released
- 2015
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 640
- ISBN10
- 0141979984
- ISBN13
- 9780141979984
- Series
- Tags
- Non-Fiction, Social Sciences, Historical Themes, History, Business, Business & Management, Political Science & Politics, Politics, Economics, USA, Gifts for grandpa, Europe, Africa, American History, India, Capitalism
- Original title
- Empire of cotton
- Rating
- 4.05 out of 5
- Description
- Now in paperback, this is a history of the cotton industry, and the overwhelming role played by cotton in dictating the shape of our world. It won the Bancroft Prize and the Philip Taft Prize and was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize.


