Yafa, Stephen H.,  1941- <br/><br/>
Cotton :  the biography of a revolutionary fiber / 
Stephen Yafa 
 - New York :   Penguin Books,   2006 
 - 398 p. :   ill. ;   19 cm  
<br/><br/> Originally published as: Big cotton : how a humble fiber created fortunes, wrecked civilizations, and put America on the map (New York : Viking, 2005). 
<br/><br/>Spun in all directions -- Star turns -- The barber from Preston -- Revolutionary fiber -- Camelot on the Merrimack -- Looming conflicts -- Southern exposure -- Changing fortunes -- Two-horse power -- Boll weevil blues -- The shirts on your back -- Fields of conflict -- Afterword -- Glossary. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780143037224 0143037226 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Manufactura del algodón<br/>Industria textil<br/>Algodón--Industria y comercio <br/>Industria de la maquinaria para algodón<br/>Industria de la maquinaria textil
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HD 9875  / Y12c 2006 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>338.4/767721