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From the port of Aden in the year 1150 to the streets of Phnom Penh in 2023--my take on the global history of capitalism is finally ready to go into print. This fall at a bookstore near you.
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A landmark event years in the making, a brilliant global narrative that unravels the defining story of the past thousand years of human history No other phenomenon has shaped human history as...
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RT @daniel_dsj2110: 1300 page history of capitalism from 1450 to the present—forthcoming from Sven Beckert: https:/….
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RT @marcelo_bucheli: Announcing the Rovensky Fellowship in US business and economic history! $11,500 for a doctoral student working on his/….
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RT @DavidMotadel: Please join us this Tuesday, 3 June, 5-7pm, for the book launch of GLOBALIZING EUROPE: A HISTORY, with Sir Richard J. Eva….
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RT @Sven_Beckert: @HAPPatQUB Join us tomorrow for the second lecture on the History of Capitalism. @PenguinUKBook.
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RT @HAPPatQUB: Don't forget this week Professor Sven Beckert (Harvard University) will deliver this year's Wiles Lecture Series on the topi….
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RT @Sven_Beckert: Capitalism is coming to the UK! It wasn't easy to pull this off--but here is my take on capitalism's global history. In a….
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Capitalism is coming to the UK! It wasn't easy to pull this off--but here is my take on capitalism's global history. In a bookstore near you this fall.
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RT @agahens: Ever more land and labour: Centuries of capitalism saw the global countryside ruthlessly converted into cheap commodities. But….
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Centuries of capitalism saw the global countryside ruthlessly converted into cheap commodities. But at what cost?
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RT @HAPPatQUB: Professor Sven Beckert (Laird Bell Professor of American History, Harvard University) will deliver this year's Wiles Lecture….
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RT @EuropeAtHarvard: The U.S. is experiencing budding conflict between the state and #universities. How can examples from around the world….
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Scholars look to historical examples for insights amid current U.S. tensions.
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Sven Beckert
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If you are in Belfast in late May, join me for four lectures on the history of capitalism.
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RT @ppryluka: Feels a bit odd to share good news in these uncertain times, but I’m thrilled to be joining the History Department at @CityCo….
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RT @cambUP_History: Globalizing Europe by David Motadel .Explores modern Europe's entanglements with the world, considering the continent a….
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RT @MoisheFreit: Dear @Sven_Beckert and @sethrockman please help spread the word, will ya? Best, Moisés.
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Sven Beckert
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RT @rbatzell: My book is here! Thank you so much to @UChicagoPress for making sure it arrived in time for @The_OAH roundtable tomorrow. Ex….
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Sven Beckert
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RT @araujohistorian: You can get Jody Benjamin's The Texture of Change here below my signed copy from the ASA meeti….
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