Big cotton : how a humble fiber created fortunes, wrecked civilizations, and put America on the map / Stephen Yafa.

By:

Yafa, Stephen H, 1941-

Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Publication details: New York : Viking, c2005.Description: xiv, 398 p. : ill. ; 22 cmISBN:

0670033677 (acidfree paper)
9780670033676

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DDC classification:

338.4/767721/0973 22

LOC classification:

HD 9875 Y12b 2005

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Contents:

Preface ix Introduction 1 one: Spun in All Directions 9 two: Star Turns 25 three: The Barber from Preston 39 four: Revolutionary Fiber 70 five: Camelot on the Merrimack 91 six: Looming Conflicts 118 seven: Southern Exposure 147 eight: Changing Fortunes 173 nine: Two-Horse Power 202 ten: Boll Weevil Blues 233 eleven: The Shirt on Your Back 270 twelve: Fields of Conflict 305 Afterword 338 Glossary 345 Notes 349 Bibliography 375 Acknowledgments 381 Index 385

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Includes bibliographical references (p. [375]-380) and index.

Preface ix
Introduction 1
one: Spun in All Directions 9
two: Star Turns 25
three: The Barber from Preston 39
four: Revolutionary Fiber 70
five: Camelot on the Merrimack 91
six: Looming Conflicts 118
seven: Southern Exposure 147
eight: Changing Fortunes 173
nine: Two-Horse Power 202
ten: Boll Weevil Blues 233
eleven: The Shirt on Your Back 270
twelve: Fields of Conflict 305
Afterword 338

Glossary 345
Notes 349
Bibliography 375
Acknowledgments 381
Index 385

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