Empire of Cotton: A Global History Locus Award Nominee for Best SF Novel (1982) It is reissued here with

It is reissued here with a new introduction by the author on the fiftieth anniversary of its first publication

Exquisitely researched and told at a galloping pace

which now cover such areas as biotechnology and biomedical engineering

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Empire of Cotton: A Global History Locus Award Nominee for Best SF Novel (1982) It is reissued here withThe epic story of the rise and fall of the empire of cotton, its centrality to the world economy, and its making and remaking of global capitalism. Cotton is so ubiquitous as to be almost invisible, yet understanding its history is key to understanding the origins of modern capitalism. Sven Beckerts rich, fascinating book tells the story of how, in a remarkably brief period, European entrepreneurs and powerful statesmen recast the worlds most