Nominator's project description
| Sven Beckert is one of the leading American historians of his generation. A professor at Harvard University, his work focuses on the history of the United States in the 19th century in comparative perspective. He is the author of numerous publications, foremost among them a widely acclaimed book on the history of economic elites. Emphasizing the recent "transnational turn" in historical scholarship, his most recent research focuses on the history of capitalism in global perspective, including an eagerly awaited study on the history of cotton and a history of the world economy in the 19th century. On the latter project he is cooperating with his host at the University of Konstanz, the historian Jürgen Osterhammel. |
