Recherchetool für Materialien King Cotton: A History of Global Capitalism More than 250 years ago, the kingdom of King Cotton was established. War, slavery and exploitation were at its cradle. While foreign cultures were ruthlessly smashed, merchants accumulated enormous fortunes in conjunction with state power. A new economic principle began its triumphal march. Sven Beckert describes the history of capitalism in the mirror of a product that we all wear today – cotton.The history of capitalism is one of the most exciting topics in contemporary history. However, it is almost always about individual epochs or regions. In his brilliant book, Sven Beckert dares for the first time to make an overarching presentation that uses a single commodity to show in a highly vivid way how capitalism arises, exercises itself as it were, and gradually subjects the living conditions and working conditions, indeed the fate of people all over the world, to its laws of motion. The result is a disturbing and enlightening book about how our global world of today came into being. Scope: 525 pagesReference: Print € 29,95€ ISBN 978-3-406-65921-8The book is also available as an e-book. back
