TY  - BOOK
AU  - Yafa,Stephen H.
TI  - Big cotton: how a humble fiber created fortunes, wrecked civilizations, and put America on the map 
SN  - 0670033677 (acidfree paper)
AV  - HD 9875 Y12b 2005
U1  - 338.4/767721/0973 22
PY  - 2005///
CY  - New York
PB  - Viking
KW  - Cotton textile industry
KW  - United States
KW  - History
KW  - Cotton manufacture
KW  - Manufactura del algodón
KW  - Industria textil
KW  - Algodón
KW  - Industria y comercio
KW  - Industria de la maquinaria para algodón
KW  - Industria de la maquinaria textil
N1  - 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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