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  • Empire of Cotton

    A New History of Global Capitalism

    by Sven Beckert

    WINNER OF THE 2015 BANCROFT PRIZEWINNER OF THE 2015 PHILIP TAFT PRIZEFINALIST FOR THE 2015 PULITZER PRIZE FOR HISTORYSHORTLISTED FOR THE 2015 CUNDHILL PRIZE IN HISTORICAL LITERATUREEconomist BOOKS OF THE YEAR 2015'A masterpiece of the historian's craft' The NationFor about 900 years, from 1000 to 1900, cotton was the world's mos... ... Read more

    € 10,99

  • 棉花帝國

    Empire of cotton

    by 斯溫・貝克特Sven Beckert

    如同史詩故事般起落的棉花帝國，是世界經濟的中心，既創造也再造了全球資本主義。棉花是如此普及，幾乎無處不在，了解它的歷史，就是理解現代資本主義起源的關鍵。斯溫．貝克特廣博而迷人的著作，說明歐洲企業家和有力的政治家如何在短時間內，重組這個世界上最重要的製造業；他們將新式機器和受薪勞工與帝國擴張和奴工組合在一起，進而改變世界。這個故事描述的是，在一七八○年代的機械化生產出現之前，這些人從亞洲獲得古老的貿易與製作技巧，並且將它們與在美洲徵用土地和在非洲捕捉奴隸做結合，徹底改造已存在千年之久，位於不同地區的棉花；這股勢力也改變了世界。棉花帝國自始即為長年以來，全球奴隸與種植者、商人與政治家、勞工與工廠主之間鬥爭的支點。貝克特清楚描述這些勢力如何打造現代資本主義的世界，包括巨大財富與至今仍伴隨我們的不平等現象。其結果是一本既令人揣揣不安，又具有啟發性的著作――一本將棉花的故事與當今全球化世界如何誕生交織在一起的精彩鉅著 ... Read more

    € 11,04

  • Three Tales from the World of Cotton Malone: The Balkan Escape, The Devil's Gold, and The Admiral's Mark (Short Stories)

    by Steve Berry

    series Cotton Malone
    Steve Berry’s bestselling thrillers have mesmerized suspense fans around the world, but his novels alone can’t contain all the exciting exploits of death-defying agent Cotton Malone and his smart, sexy sidekick, Cassiopeia Vitt. Catch all the action between the blockbusters in this trio of suspenseful short stories that capture Cotton and Cassiopeia at their history-hunting, heart-stopping best. ... Read more

    € 3,18

  • 27 Wagons Full of Cotton and Other Plays

    by Tennessee Williams

    The thirteen one-act plays collected in this volume include some of Tennessee Williams's finest and most powerful work.They are full of the perception of life as it is, and the passion for life as it ought to be, which have made The Glass Menagerie and A Streetcar Named Desire classics of the American theater.Only one of these plays (The Purification) is written in verse, but in all of them the ... Read more

    € 8,49

  • A Lady of Cotton

    Hannah Greg, Mistress of Quarry Bank Mill

    by David Sekers

    In 1789 Hannah Lightbody, a well-educated and intelligent young woman of means, married Samuel Greg and found herself at the centre of his cotton empire in the industrial heart of England. It was a man’s world, in which women like Hannah were barred from politics, had few rights and were expected to be little more than good, dutiful wives. Struggling to apply herself to household management, ... Read more

    € 6,42

  • And Their Children After Them

    The Legacy of Let Us Now Praise Famous Men: James Agee, Walker Evans, and the Rise and Fall of Cotton in the South

    by Dale Maharidge and 1 more

    Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Nonfiction in 1990In And Their Children After Them, the writer/photographer team Dale Maharidge and Michael Williamson return to the land and families captured in James Agee and Walker Evans’s inimitable Let Us Now Praise Famous Men, extending the project of conscience and chronicling the traumatic decline of King Cotton. With this continuation of Agee and Evans’s ... Read more

    € 10,78

  • Violence of Cotton

    Violence of History, #1

    by Tom Pope

    series Violence of History #1
    A Georgia slave in 1830 finds a seed can be used to topple the plantation system. He controls his rage and starts a chain of events where his son changes history.Luther, a resourceful slave in 1830 controls his anger when he meets Moses, a British Black Freeman who seeks to bring down the plantation system. Moses has ties to a British bank and his connection leads Luther and Luther's son Sharpy to ... Read more

    € 0,99 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Land of Cotton

    by Dr. Angela Spencer

    Through the process of an unusual murder investigation, the rural Tennessee Homicide detective, Ron McCarthy, confronted not only many colorful characters, who seemed to have reason to commit the crime, but also learned the effects of fast-changing times, resulting in generation clash and personal tragedies.He discovered anger and betrayal triggered vendetta, covered by social niceties. He found ... Read more

    € 4,89

  • The Immortal Life of Cotton Wyley

    by Sara Jo Cluff

    Why be a superhero when you could be the trusty sidekick?If Peter Pan had a brother who couldn't fly, was a little less arrogant, and was stuck in the U.S. instead of Neverland, it would be Cotton Wyley, the boy stuck at age ten.Over the years, Cotton has come to realize his personality and tiny body make him a better sidekick than super hero, and he's totally okay with it. In fact, he rocks it. ... Read more

    € 3,99

  • My World of Cotton and Insects

    Emotions in America, the Middle East, Far East, and Africa

    by Pieter A. Stam

    As an agronomist working for a chemical company in Indonesia, author Pieter Stam observed the damage insects can inflict on an agricultural crop and decided to study the science of insects, or entomology, in America.In My World of Cotton and Insects, Stam shares the story of his life. He recalls his experiences in the United States and his interactions with professors, fellow students, and his ... Read more

    € 3,71

  • The First American Evangelical

    A Short Life of Cotton Mather

    by Rick Kennedy

    series Library of Religious Biography (LRB)
    Cotton Mather (1663-1728) was America's most famous pastor and scholar at the beginning of the eighteenth century. People today generally associate him with the infamous Salem witch trials, but in this new biography Rick Kennedy tells a bigger story: Mather, he says, was the very first American evangelical.A fresh retelling of Cotton Mather's life, this biography corrects misconceptions and ... Read more

    € 15,80 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Genetics and Genomics of Cotton

    by Andrew H. Paterson

    series Plant Genetics and Genomics: Crops and Models #3
    A few members of the Gossypium (cotton) genus are cultivated for the production of elongated single-celled fibers valued worldwide at about $20 billion annually at the farm gate, and which sustain one of the world’s largest industries (textiles) with an annual worldwide economic impact of about $500 billion. In a number of ways, cotton production and the textile industry are closely tied to ... Read more

    € 224,64