Empire of Cotton

Empire of Cotton
Author: Sven Beckert
Publisher: Vintage
Total Pages: 642
Release: 2015-11-10
Genre: History
ISBN: 0375713964

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 Beckert makes clear how these forces ushered in the world of modern capitalism, including the vast wealth and disturbing inequalities that are with us today. In a remarkably brief period, European entrepreneurs and powerful politicians recast the world’s most significant manufacturing industry, combining imperial expansion and slave labor with new machines and wage workers to make and remake global capitalism.

The Five Books of Maccabees in English

The Five Books of Maccabees in English
Author: Henry Cotton
Publisher: Ravenio Books
Total Pages: 336
Release:
Genre: Religion
ISBN:

The Five Books of Maccabees in English is a comprehensive collection of the Maccabean texts, which chronicle the heroic struggle of the Jewish people against oppression and their fight for religious freedom. This volume brings together all five books, offering a complete account of the Maccabean Revolt and its aftermath. Henry Cotton's translation provides readers with an accessible and engaging introduction to these significant historical and religious texts.

Linen and Cotton

Linen and Cotton
Author: Susan Khalje
Publisher: Taunton
Total Pages: 0
Release: 1999
Genre: Bedding and Linens
ISBN: 9781561582501

Easy-to-sew linens and cottons can fit any mood and season and have an infinite variety of textures, weights, and weaves. Susan Khalje takes you beyond the basics to learn new and classic techniques that will improve your results with these indispensable fabrics. With terrific information on fabric and design combinations, pattern preparation, construction techniques, decorative techniques, and finishing details, these methods can turn the simplest garment into couture elegance.

Silk and Cotton

Silk and Cotton
Author: Susan Meller
Publisher: Abrams
Total Pages: 783
Release: 2019-12-03
Genre: Design
ISBN: 1683355571

The traditional textiles of Central Asia are unknown treasures. Straddling the legendary Silk Road, this vast region stretches from Russia in the west to China in the east. Whether nomadic or sedentary, its peoples created textiles for every aspect of their way of life, from ceremonial objects marking rites of passage, to everyday garments, to practical items for the home. There were suzanis for the marriage bed; prayer mats; patchwork quilts; bridal ensembles; bags for tea, scissors, and mirrors; lovingly embroidered hats and bibs; and robes of every color and pattern. Author Susan Meller has spent years assembling the 590 textiles illustrated in this book. She documents their history, use, and meaning through archival photographs and fascinating travelers’ narratives spanning many centuries. Her book will be a revelation to designers, collectors, students of Central Asia, and travelers to the region. Silk and Cotton is destined to become a classic.

Fairytale Pop-up Sounds: Snow White

Fairytale Pop-up Sounds: Snow White
Author: Katie Cotton
Publisher:
Total Pages: 14
Release: 2013-10-01
Genre: Fairy tales
ISBN: 9781848779587

With complex and pop-ups and cinematic sounds, one of the most famous fairy tales of all time springs to life. From the moment Snow White's evil stepmother asks, Mirror, mirror on the wall, who is the fairest of them all? to the Seven Dwarves going off to their mine and the handsome prince waking Snow White with a kiss, every page is bursting with favourite fairytale characters.

Bonifacius

Bonifacius
Author: Cotton Mather
Publisher: Belknap Press
Total Pages: 214
Release: 2013-10-01
Genre:
ISBN: 9780674180604

Title: Bonifacius: an essay upon the good, that is to be devised and designed by those who desire to answer the great end of life, and to do good while they live ...Author: Cotton MatherPublisher: Gale, Sabin Americana Description: Based on Joseph Sabin's famed bibliography, Bibliotheca Americana, Sabin Americana, 1500--1926 contains a collection of books, pamphlets, serials and other works about the Americas, from the time of their discovery to the early 1900s. Sabin Americana is rich in original accounts of discovery and exploration, pioneering and westward expansion, the U.S. Civil War and other military actions, Native Americans, slavery and abolition, religious history and more.Sabin Americana offers an up-close perspective on life in the western hemisphere, encompassing the arrival of the Europeans on the shores of North America in the late 15th century to the first decades of the 20th century. Covering a span of over 400 years in North, Central and South America as well as the Caribbean, this collection highlights the society, politics, religious beliefs, culture, contemporary opinions and momentous events of the time. It provides access to documents from an assortment of genres, sermons, political tracts, newspapers, books, pamphlets, maps, legislation, literature and more.Now for the first time, these high-quality digital scans of original works are available via print-on-demand, making them readily accessible to libraries, students, independent scholars, and readers of all ages.++++The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++SourceLibrary: Huntington LibraryDocumentID: SABCP02234200CollectionID: CTRG97-B1502PublicationDate: 17100101SourceBibCitation: Selected Americana from Sabin's Dictionary of books relating to AmericaNotes: Later editions published under the running title: Essays to do good. "An appendix, concerning the essays that are made, for the propagation of religion among the Indians, in the Massachuset-province of New England" p. 194-199. "Advertisement [of the author's Biblia americana]" p. 200-206. "A book offered, first in general, unto all Christians, in a personal capacity, or in a relative, then more particularly, unto magistrates, unto ministers, unto physicians, unto lawyers, unto scholemasters, unto wealthy gentemen, unto several sorts of officers, unto churches, and unto all societies of a religious character and intention, with humble proposals, of unexceptionable methods, to do good in the world."Collation: 206 p.; 16 cm

Cotton

Cotton
Author: Beverly Lemire
Publisher:
Total Pages: 182
Release: 2011
Genre: Cotton
ISBN:

"This book explores the fascinating history and present-day practices associated with cotton. This is a story of commercial and cultural enterprise, of war between East and West, of technological and industrial revolution, social modernisation, colonialism and slavery. And yet cotton remains one of the most significant mass commodities today. Cotton's history and track record on labour conditions and the environment have tarnished its history and reputation, even as cotton clothes have become the mark of modern industrialised society. Yet cottons also take other cultural forms and cotton textiles and artifacts are part of a vibrant craft tradition in many parts of the world. This book explores the history, impact and ongoing life of this hugely influential textile"--

AT&T Cotton Bowl Classic Football Vault

AT&T Cotton Bowl Classic Football Vault
Author: Steve Richardson
Publisher: Whitman Publishing
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2010-09-07
Genre: Cotton Bowl (Football game)
ISBN: 9780794830786

Contains pull-out facsimiles of small items (game tickets, postcards, player photos, etc.) inserted in pockets throughout volume, some in blue envelopes and some attached directly to pages with tape or glue.