Economic historians have been fairly critical of Beckert's book. Here's one analysis: https://cpb-us-e2.wpmucdn.com/sites.uci.edu/dist/8/3876/files/2019/10/Cot

Economic historians have been fairly critical of Beckert's book. Here's one analysis: https://cpb-us-e2.wpmucdn.com/sites.uci.edu/dist/8/3876/files/2019/10/Cotton-slavery-and-the-new-history-of-capitalism.pdf https://cpb-us-e2.wpmucdn.com/sites.uci.edu/dist/8/3876/file... I have heard the claim that Britain destroyed the local Indian textile industry, so it would be interesting to know a different source for it. (The review doesn't touch on that specific claim.)