Empire Of Cotton

SVEN BECKERT is the Laird Bell Professor of American History at Harvard University. His work focuses on the history of capitalism, including its economic, social, political and transnational dimensions.  Holding a PhD from Columbia University, he has been the recipient of numerous fellowships from institutions including the Harvard Business School, the Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center for Scholars and Writers at the New York Public Library, and the Charles Warren Center for Studies in American History. He was also a fellow of the American Council of Learned Societies and the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation.