Book Reviews: Empire of Cotton by Sven Beckert and The Red Earl by Selina Hastings
Christopher Silvester on how the cotton industry shaped modern capitalism and Peter York on a daughter’s biography of one of…
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Christopher Silvester on how the cotton industry shaped modern capitalism and Peter York on a daughter’s biography of one of…
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