Sven Beckert is Laird Bell Professor of History at Harvard University. Beckert’s research and teaching center on the history of the United States in the nineteenth century, with a particular emphasis on the history of capitalism, including its economic, social, political and global dimensions.

His talk is part of the lecture «Globalisierung vor Ort», which is organzied by Prof. Dr. Susanna Burghartz.

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