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

Imprint

New York : Viking, c2005.

Location	Call Number	Status
Monograph Collection	HD9875 .Y34 2005	AVAILABLE

Description	xiv, 398 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (p. [375]-380) and index.
Contents	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 shirt on your back -- Fields of conflict.
Summary	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.
Subject(s)	Cotton textile industry -- History.
	Cotton manufacture -- History.