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Source: The Fifteen Minute Interview in the Harvard Crimson

4-8-15

Harvard’s Sven Beckert says he wasn’t allowed in Egypt’s archives when writing his history of cotton

He was stuck in the waiting room for 10 days but was never allowed in.

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Harvard’s Sven Beckert says he wasn’t allowed in Egypt’s archives when writing his history of cotton