Bancroft Prize
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Edition 68 (2015) Winner
Sven Beckert
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Sven Beckert
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1965-01-01 （Frankfurt, Germany）
- Nationality
- Germany, United States
- Languages
- English, German
- Residence History
- Frankfurt, Germany → Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
Career
- Occupations
- Historian, Professor
- Active Years
- 1998-
- Affiliations
- Harvard University
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Hamburg | — | History, Economics, Political Science | — | — | Germany |
| Columbia University | — | History | PhD | — | United States |
University of Hamburg
History, Economics, Political Science
Country:
Germany
Columbia University
History
Degree:
PhD
Year of Graduation:
2000
Country:
United States
PhD in History
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Bancroft Prize | Empire of Cotton: A Global History | — | Columbia University (Bancroft Prize committee) | 受賞 |
| 2015 | Pulitzer Prize for History | Empire of Cotton: A Global History | — | Pulitzer Prize Board | ファイナリスト |
| 2020 | Great Immigrants Award | — | — | Carnegie Corporation of New York | 受賞 |
| 2008 | ACLS Fellowship | — | — | American Council of Learned Societies | フェロー（選出） |
| — | Guggenheim Fellowship | — | — | John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation | フェロー（選出） |
Bancroft Prize
2015
Work:
Empire of Cotton: A Global History
Organization:
Columbia University (Bancroft Prize committee)
Result:
受賞
Pulitzer Prize for History
2015
Work:
Empire of Cotton: A Global History
Organization:
Pulitzer Prize Board
Result:
ファイナリスト
Great Immigrants Award
2020
Organization:
Carnegie Corporation of New York
Result:
受賞
ACLS Fellowship
2008
Organization:
American Council of Learned Societies
Result:
フェロー（選出）
Guggenheim Fellowship
Organization:
John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
Result:
フェロー（選出）
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
The Monied Metropolis: New York City and the Consolidation of the American Bourgeoisie, 1850–1896
2001 HistoryA study of late nineteenth-century New York City tracing the consolidation of financial capital and the American bourgeoisie, using archival sources to analyze processes of class formation.
urban historycapitalismclass formation
Empire of Cotton: A Global History
2014 Global Economic HistoryPositions cotton at the center of global history, tracing international economic, labor, and imperial connections from the Industrial Revolution to the twentieth century. Discusses capitalism's ties to coerced labor and the worldwide networks linking raw materials to markets.
cottonglobal historycapitalismslavery and coerced labor
Bibliography
- The Monied Metropolis: New York City and the Consolidation of the American Bourgeoisie, 1850–1896 (2001)
- Empire of Cotton: A Global History (2014)
- Slavery's Capitalism - A New History Of American Economic Development (ed., 2006)
- The American Bourgeoisie: Distinction and Identity in the Nineteenth Century (co-ed., 2011)
- American Capitalism: New Histories (co-ed., 2018)
- Multiple journal articles (Journal of American History, American Historical Review, etc.)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- global-perspective narrativecomparative approach in economic historyempirical and archival emphasis
- Recurring Motifs
- cotton and its circuitsrelations of capital and laborinteractions between empires and colonies
Legacy
Recognized for bridging global history and economic history, Beckert's Empire of Cotton drew attention from both academic and popular audiences. The work provoked debate about analyses of capitalism. As an educator at Harvard, he has supervised and influenced many students.
Academic Societies
- American Historical Association
Quotes
-
One of the ten best books of 2015.
Source: The New York Times (2015)
Trivia
- Married to Harvard history professor Lisa McGirr.
- Signed (and later sought to retract) an open letter in support of John Comaroff in 2022.
- Won the 2015 Bancroft Prize for Empire of Cotton and was a 2015 Pulitzer Prize finalist in History.
- Has been an ACLS Fellow and selected as a Guggenheim Fellow.
- Named a Carnegie Corporation 'Great Immigrants' honoree in 2020.