Author: Anthony BurtonPublisher:
ISBN: 9780233971483
Category : Cotton
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
The Rise & Fall of King Cotton
Author: Anthony BurtonPublisher:
ISBN: 9780233971483
Category : Cotton
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
The Fall of King Cotton
Author: Nathan A. WoodwardKing Cotton
Author: Anthony BurtonDecline and Fall of King Cotton
Author: FowlerThe Rise & Fall of King Cotton
Author: Anthony BurtonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Cotton growing
Languages : en
Pages : 248
Book Description
The Decline of King Cotton in the Old South, 1900-1932
Author: Carleton Alan LarsenPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Cotton growing
Languages : en
Pages : 302
Book Description
Cotton is King
Author: David ChristyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Cotton growing
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
The Life and Times of King Cotton
Author: David Lewis CohnPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Cotton growing
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
Empire of Cotton
Author: Sven BeckertPublisher: Vintage
ISBN: 0385353251
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 640
Book Description
The epic story of the rise and fall of the empire of cotton, its centrality to the world economy, and its making and remaking of global capitalism. Cotton is so ubiquitous as to be almost invisible, yet understanding its history is key to understanding the origins of modern capitalism. Sven Beckert’s rich, fascinating book tells the story of how, in a remarkably brief period, European entrepreneurs and powerful statesmen recast the world’s most significant manufacturing industry, combining imperial expansion and slave labor with new machines and wage workers to change the world. Here is the story of how, beginning well before the advent of machine production in the 1780s, these men captured ancient trades and skills in Asia, and combined them with the expropriation of lands in the Americas and the enslavement of African workers to crucially reshape the disparate realms of cotton that had existed for millennia, and how industrial capitalism gave birth to an empire, and how this force transformed the world. The empire of cotton was, from the beginning, a fulcrum of constant global struggle between slaves and planters, merchants and statesmen, workers and factory owners. Beckert makes clear how these forces ushered in the world of modern capitalism, including the vast wealth and disturbing inequalities that are with us today. The result is a book as unsettling as it is enlightening: a book that brilliantly weaves together the story of cotton with how the present global world came to exist.
King Cotton is Sick
Author: Claudius Temple MurchisonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
This study is an analysis of the causes of depression in a basic industry. The problems go deeper than poor management or exploitation. This volume examines the structure of the industry and shows why chronic depression will be practically inevitable in a large part of the industry until certain evils such as speculation are corrected. Originally published in 1930. A UNC Press Enduring Edition -- UNC Press Enduring Editions use the latest in digital technology to make available again books from our distinguished backlist that were previously out of print. These editions are published unaltered from the original, and are presented in affordable paperback formats, bringing readers both historical and cultural value.