The Empire of Cotton: Sven Beckert in conversation with Patrick French
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The Importance of Cotton in the Indian Struggle for Independence
The history of the cotton industry plays an important role in the Indian struggle for independence. The future of India was really much better symbolized by the modern cotton textiles that had emerged as well. There is a kind of tension between the ideological project and the most modern sector of the Indian economy which is to be found in the textile industry.
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