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Autore |
Robins Jonathan |
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Titolo |
Cotton and race across the Atlantic : Britain, Africa, and America, 1900-1920 / / Jonathan E. Robins [[electronic resource]] |
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Rochester, NY : , : University of Rochester Press, , 2016 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (xi, 298 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
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Collana |
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Rochester studies in African history and the diaspora ; ; v. 73 |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Cotton trade - Africa - History |
Cotton trade - England - Lancashire - History |
Cotton trade - United States |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 31 Jul 2019). |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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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Sommario/riassunto |
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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. |
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