#  Sven Beckert Named Finalist for 2015 Pulitzer Prize in History 

 





April 21, 2015

 

 

Sven Beckert's book *Empire of Cotton: A Global History* was named a finalist for the 2015 Pulitzer Prize in History. The committee called it "a work of staggering scholarship arguing that slavery was crucial to the dynamism of the industrial revolution." [Read More](http://www.pulitzer.org/bycat/History)…



 

 

 



 

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