The
New York Times Book Review picks historian Sven Beckert's Empire of Cotton
as one of 2015's ten best books.
We had it here as one of the best... at the end of
2014, just sayin'.
(Okay, in fairness, I think it was a NYT review that brought it to my attention.)
Upcoming: A look at history books of 2015 should be up here just before the blog goes dark for the holidays.