Big Cotton

Stephen H. Yafa

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Author
Stephen H. Yafa
Publish Date
2004-12-29
Subtitle
How a Humble Fiber Created Fortunes, Wrecked Civilizations, and Put America on the Map
Book Type
Hardcover
Number of Pages
416
Publisher Name
Viking Adult
ISBN-10
0670033677
ISBN-13
9780670033676
citemno
076245
Edition
1
SKU
9780670033676

Description

A history of cotton's impact on the world describes how the fiber has been at the center of conflict and controversy, rendering nations into industrial powers, in a chronicle that documents cotton's domestication some 5,500 years ago, its key role in the colonization of the New World, and its post-Industrial Revolution part in transforming communities, prompting innovations, and promoting slavery. 40,000 first printing.