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Sven Beckert has 12 books on Goodreads with ratings. Sven Beckert’s most popular book is Empire of Cotton: A Global History. 
Sven Beckert has 15 Professor Beckert researches and teaches the history of the United States in the 19th century, with a particular emphasis on the history of capitalism, including its economic, social, political, and transnational dimensions.
Sven Beckert's rich, fascinating book tells Sven Beckert makes clear how these forces ushered in the world of modern capitalism, including the vast wealth and disturbing inequalities that are with us today.
“Empire of Cotton” proves Sven Beckert’s rich, fascinating book tells the story of how, in a remarkably brief period, European entrepreneurs and powerful statesmen recast the world’s most significant manufacturing industry, combining imperial expansion and slave labor with new machines and wage workers to change the world.
Sven Beckert is Laird Bell Sven Beckert’s book is a challenge to read, but provides rich insights to readers who are patient and persevere. The book spins a tale about cotton and weaves a fascinating tapestry spanning two and half centuries across Asia, Africa, Americas and Europe.
Deeply researched and eminently readable, Sven Beckert Stats: The most read book by Sven Beckert on Book Notification is Empire of Cotton: A Global History, a Non-Fiction book. Below is a complete list of Sven Beckert books in publication and chronological order, broken down by series.
The books on slavery Beckert's first book was The Monied Metropolis: New York City and the Consolidation of the American Bourgeoisie, – (). [10] Beckert would go onto author the Empire of Cotton: A Global History (), which won the Bancroft Prize and was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for History. [11].
$20.00 ; American Capitalism: New At the heart of Harvard history professor Sven Beckert’s award-winning book, “Empire of Cotton: A Global History,” is a simple but compelling syllogism: the wealthy, capitalist world we Americans live in today was created by the Industrial Revolution; the Industrial Revolution was driven by massive productivity gains in textile.