The Insatiable Empire
A History of Consumption and Its Consequences
$31.45
- Paperback
336 pages
- Release Date
13 April 2027
Summary
The history of capitalism is a history of connections we have been taught not to see.
What connects a Russian iron mine to a Caribbean sugar plantation? A New England fishing boat to an enslaved worker in Barbados? And what can those connections tell us about the clothes we wear, the food we eat and the phones in our hands today?
In The Insatiable Empire, historian Franco Paz uncovers the hidden connections that built our modern world. Travelling acro…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781399733731 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1399733737 |
| Author: | Franco Paz |
| Publisher: | Hodder & Stoughton |
| Imprint: | Hodder & Stoughton |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 336 |
| Release Date: | 13 April 2027 |
| Dimensions: | 153mm x 234mm |
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Critics Review
A beautifully crafted, globe-spanning story in five commodities that unsettles as much as it enlightens. By unflinchingly focusing on those who labored on early modern sugar plantations, in iron ore mines and on salt flats, Paz shows how the toil of some of the most marginalized produced the wealth and glitter that make the modern world. A dazzling epic tragedy, it makes visible what has often remained hidden and draws our attention to surprising connections across oceans and continents. Provocative and fast-paced, The Insatiable Empire will generate lively debate. * Sven Beckert, author of CAPITALISM: A GLOBAL HISTORY *
Franco Paz
Franco Paz holds a PhD from Harvard University, where he has worked with historians Sven Beckert and Walter Johnson, as well as former New York Times executive editor Jill Abramson and Pulitzer-Prize winning authors Geraldine Brooks and Jorie Graham.
His writing has appeared in The Washington Post, the BBC, and many academic journals and publications. He has also participated in the production of television documentaries for the BBC and Warner Bros. Television Studios. This is his first book.
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