Sven Beckert, author of the Bancroft Prize–winning Empire of Cotton, places the story of capitalism within the largest conceivable geographical and historical framework, tracing its …

By chronicling capitalism’s global history, Beckert exposes the reality of the system that now seems simply “natural.” It is said that people can more easily imagine the end of the world than …

Nov 25, 2025 · Sven Beckert, author of the Bancroft Prize–winning Empire of Cotton, places the story of capitalism within the largest conceivable geographical and historical framework, …

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Nov 25, 2025 · Sven Beckert, author of the Bancroft Prize–winning Empire of Cotton, places the story of capitalism within the largest conceivable geographical and historical framework, …

Nov 25, 2025 · Sven Beckert, author of the Bancroft Prize–winning Empire of Cotton, places the story of capitalism within the largest conceivable geographical and historical framework, …

Drawing on archives on five continents, Capitalism decenters the European perspective, locating important modes of agency, resistance, innovation, and ruthless coercion everywhere in the …

From the enslaved workers of the American South to the industrialists of Europe, Beckert traces how the world’s first global economy emerged through violence, state power, and the …