Empire of Cotton

Empire of CottonBy: Sven Beckert WINNER OF THE BANCROFT PRIZE A Pulitzer Prize finalist that's as unsettling as it is enlightening: a book that brilliantly weaves together the story of cotton with how the present global world came to exist. Masterly An astonishing achievement. The New York Times The empire of cotton was, from the beginning, a fulcrum of constant global struggle between slaves and planters, merchants and statesmen, workers and factory owners. Sven

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By: Tom Brokaw  NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A powerful selection of the letters Tom Brokaw received in response to his towering #1 bestseller The Greatest Generation

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出生於日本岡山縣，同志社大學法律系畢業，身兼詩人、作家與譯者。1981年獲第七屆三麗鷗「詩與童話獎」，1993年以《童話》獲得第十二屆「海燕」新人文學獎。2005年以《我只要你》獲得第十二屆島清戀愛文學獎。著有《遠距離戀愛》、《讓愛重回大海！》（小知堂文化）。2009年負責撰文的圖畫書《露與林登──旅人和看家人》獲得波隆那國際兒童圖書獎。兒童文學創作有《第一次探訪森林》、《心靈森林》、《黑熊餐館的祕密》（金星社）、《手工餅乾與甜點食譜之旅》（講談社）；《謝謝大家的信》、《記得我們的約定喔！》、《從今天起，勇敢高飛》（台灣東方）。目前定居於紐約Woodstock。

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