Sven BeckertSven Beckert is Laird Bell Professor of History at Harvard University. His last book, Empire of Cotton, won many prizes, including the Bancroft Prize and the Philip Taft Prize. It was also a finalist for the 2015 Pulitzer Prize for Histry, shortlisted for the Cundill Prize in Historical Literature and was chosen by the New York Times as one of the ten best books of the year. Read More Read Less