Connie’s Reviews > Empire of Cotton: A Global History > Status Update
Connie
is on page 175 of 640
It is slow going because there is a lot to take in. It definitely lays to rest any ideas that capitalism did not depend on government intervention and support in order to succeed. It also shows how war capitalism transitions into industrial capitalism, introducing the concept of a wage class (industrial labor).
— Sep 20, 2015 01:56PM
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Connie
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"The coercion and violence required to mobilize slave labor was matched only by the demands of an expansionist war against indigenous people" location 2174 in ebook format. The domination of the growing cotton industry engulfed the United States leading to the forced removal of native peoples as well as the rapid rise in the number of enslaved Africans.
— Aug 24, 2015 08:34PM
Connie
is on page 126 of 640
I get distracted by researching events and data the book highlights.
— Aug 07, 2015 07:53AM
Connie
is on page 29 of 640
"Cotton, quite simply, was exotic to Europe. The fiber grew in far away lands, and many Europeans reportedly imagined cotton as a mixture of a plant and an animal-a "vegetable lamb." Stories circulated in medieval Europe about sheep growing on plants, and bending down at night to drink water; other fables told of sheep attached to the ground by low stems (page 22)
— Jul 14, 2015 07:56PM
Connie
is starting
Discovered this on the library new book's shelf. The reviews intrigued me and I can never say no to history.
— Jun 23, 2015 12:05AM
