King cotton in modern America : a cultural, political, and economic history since 1945 /

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King Cotton in Modern America places the once kingly crop in historical perspective, showing how "cotton culture" was actually part of the larger culture of the United States despite many regarding its cultivation and sources as hopelessly backward. Leaders in the industry, acting through...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Brown, D. Clayton (Deward Clayton), 1941-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, c2011.
Temas:
University of South Alabama
Cotton trade > United States > History.
Cotton manufacture > United States > History.
Cotton growing > United States > History.
Cotton textile industry > History.
Coton > Culture > États-Unis > Histoire.
Tissus de coton > Industrie > Histoire.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Industries > Agribusiness.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Agriculture > Sustainable Agriculture.
HISTORY > United States > 20th Century.
Cotton growing
Cotton manufacture
Cotton textile industry
Cotton trade
Baumwollfaser
Baumwollhandel
Baumwollindustrie
Baumwollplantage
United States
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Prologue : the power of cotton
  • The cultural image of cotton, 1945
  • The new politics of cotton
  • The cotton conference
  • A new era begins
  • Ambassadors of foreign policy, 1945-1950
  • The dinner table war : postwar struggles
  • The South transformed : cotton's mechanization, 1945-1970
  • The white gold rush : cotton moves West
  • Boll weevils, worms, and moths : a hundred-year war
  • Memphis : the epicenter of the Cotton Belt
  • "The fabric of our lives" : cotton incorporated
  • The Texas plains : America's cotton patch
  • The question of subsidies
  • Crop lien to futures : financing cotton
  • The role of textiles
  • Research : the key to viability
  • Challenges anew
  • The globalization of cotton
  • The new cotton culture.

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