Sven Beckert

“We need to qualify the fairy tale we like to tell about capitalism and free labor,” argues Harvard historian Sven Beckert, author of the new book, “Empire of ...

History is often told through the stories of wars, famines, and presidents, but as Harvard historian Sven Beckert shows in his new book, it can also be told through ...

I visited the office of professor of History Sven Beckert to talk about his recent winning of the prestigious Bancroft Prize. On the door was a large poster for ...