02247nam 22004932 450 991015158760332120190802113927.0(CKB)3710000000942019(MiAaPQ)EBC4721199(UkCbUP)CR9781782048510(OCoLC)963935347(MdBmJHUP)muse83676(EXLCZ)99371000000094201920190624d2016|||| uy| 0engur|||||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierCotton and race across the Atlantic Britain, Africa, and America, 1900-1920 /Jonathan E. Robins[electronic resource]Rochester, NY :University of Rochester Press,2016.1 online resource (xi, 298 pages) digital, PDF file(s)Rochester studies in African history and the diaspora ;v. 73Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 31 Jul 2019).1-58046-567-6 1-78204-851-0 Includes bibliographical references and index.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."The story of how African farmers, African-American scientists, and British businessmen struggled to turn colonial Africa into a major cotton exporter.Rochester studies in African history and the diaspora ;v. 73.Cotton tradeAfricaHistoryCotton tradeEnglandLancashireHistoryCotton tradeUnited StatesCotton tradeHistory.Cotton tradeHistory.Cotton trade338.1/7351096Robins Jonathan1208005UkCbUPUkCbUPBOOK9910151587603321Cotton and race across the Atlantic2786998UNINA