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Empire of cotton [sound recording] : a global history / Sven Beckert.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: SoundSoundPublisher number: 792632 | HighBridge AudioPublication details: Minneapolis, MN : HighBridge Audio, 2014.Edition: UnabridgedDescription: 17 sound discs (20 1/4 hr.) : digital ; 4 3/4 inISBN:
  • 9781622316328
  • 1622316320
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 338.4/767721 23
LOC classification:
  • HD9870.5 .B43 2014ab
Read by Jim Frangione.Summary: The story of how, 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. Beginning well before the advent of machine production in the 1780s, these men captured ancient trades and skills in Asia, combined them with the expropriation of lands in the Americas.
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AUDIO BOOK CD AUDIO BOOK CD Harrison Memorial Library AUDIO NONFICTION Adult Audio 338.4 BEC (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 31624003586443
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The story of how, 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. Beginning well before the advent of machine production in the 1780s, these men captured ancient trades and skills in Asia, combined them with the expropriation of lands in the Americas.

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