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Cotton and Race Across the Atlantic

By Robins, Jonathan E

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Cotton and Race Across the Atlantic

By Robins, Jonathan E

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During the first two decades of the twentieth century, demand for raw cotton in Europe, Asia, and America outstripped production as African Americans migrated away from Southern cotton fields. Consequently, industrialists in Europe turned to Africa for new sources of cotton.. This volume documents the efforts by British financiers and colonial officials, along with some African-American allies, to bring the American model of cotton production to colonial Africa. In a narrative featuring a host of characters -- including British entrepreneurs, African kings, and African-American scientists -- author Jonathan Robins weaves together events in Africa, Britain, and the American South. Robins chronicles the origins, failings, and eventual evolution of Britain's colonial cotton project, revealing the global forces and actors that moved and transformed the international cotton industry. Jonathan E. Robins is assistant professor of global history at Michigan Technological University.
Product details
Edition:
illustrated
Number of Pages:
314
Release Date:
2016-11-15
Publication Date:
2016-11-01
Publisher:
University of Rochester Press
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
1580465676
ISBN13:
9781580465670
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
662 g
Height:
157 cm
Width:
235 cm
Thickness:
23 cm
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