Cotton and race across the Atlantic : Britain, Africa, and America, 1900-1920 /

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The story of how African farmers, African-American scientists, and British businessmen struggled to turn colonial Africa into a major cotton exporter.

Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Robins, Jonathan (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Rochester, NY : University of Rochester Press, 2016.
Collection:Rochester studies in African history and the diaspora ; v. 73.
Sujets:
British Cotton Growing Association > History.
British Cotton Growing Association
Cotton trade > Africa > History.
Cotton trade > England > Lancashire > History.
Cotton trade > United States.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Industries > General.
HISTORY > Africa > West.
Cotton trade
Africa
England > Lancashire
United States
History
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • The cotton crisis: Lancashire, the American South, and the turn to "Empire Cotton"
  • "The Black man's crop": The British Cotton Growing Association and Africa
  • "The scientific redemption of Africa": Coercion and regulation in colonial agriculture
  • "King Cotton's impoverished retinue": Making cotton a "White man's crop" in the American South
  • Cotton, development, and the "Imperial Burden."

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