Cotton and race across the Atlantic : Britain, Africa, and America, 1900-1920 / / Jonathan E. Robins
| Cotton and race across the Atlantic : Britain, Africa, and America, 1900-1920 / / Jonathan E. Robins |
| Autore | Robins Jonathan |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Rochester, NY : , : University of Rochester Press, , 2016 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xi, 298 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
| Disciplina | 338.1/7351096 |
| Collana | Rochester studies in African history and the diaspora |
| Soggetto topico |
Cotton trade - Africa - History
Cotton trade - England - Lancashire - History Cotton trade - United States |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | 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." |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910151587603321 |
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Governing Cotton [[electronic resource] ] : Globalization and Poverty in Africa / / by A. Sneyd
| Governing Cotton [[electronic resource] ] : Globalization and Poverty in Africa / / by A. Sneyd |
| Autore | Sneyd A |
| Edizione | [1st ed. 2011.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | London : , : Palgrave Macmillan UK : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2011 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (254 p.) |
| Disciplina |
338.1/7351096
338.17351 |
| Collana | International Political Economy Series |
| Soggetto topico |
International relations
Asia—Politics and government Economic policy Africa—Politics and government Political economy Economic development International Relations Asian Politics Development Policy African Politics International Political Economy Development Studies |
| ISBN |
1-282-99950-8
9786612999505 0-230-29945-8 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Cover; Contents; List of Abbreviations; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction: Cotton-Picking Problems Beyond the WTO; 2 Historic Relationships Between Cotton and Poverty; 3 Global Trade Governance and Cotton Dependence: Beyond Poverty Maintenance; 4 Breaking the Historic Relationships in Tanzania; 5 NGOs, Conventional Production and Poverty; 6 CSR and the Cotton-Poverty Relationship; 7 Conclusions: Global Interventions and Poverty Eradication; Appendix A: Sources for Cotton Statistics; Appendix B: Stabilization, Adjustment and Rural Livelihoods; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910785694903321 |
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| London : , : Palgrave Macmillan UK : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2011 | ||
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Governing Cotton : Globalization and Poverty in Africa / / by A. Sneyd
| Governing Cotton : Globalization and Poverty in Africa / / by A. Sneyd |
| Autore | Sneyd Adam <1978-> |
| Edizione | [1st ed. 2011.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | London : , : Palgrave Macmillan UK : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2011 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (254 p.) |
| Disciplina | 338.1/7351096 |
| Collana | International Political Economy Series |
| Soggetto topico |
International relations
Asia - Politics and government Economic development Africa - Politics and government International economic relations International Relations Asian Politics Development Studies African Politics International Political Economy' |
| ISBN |
9786612999505
9781282999503 1282999508 9780230299450 0230299458 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Cover; Contents; List of Abbreviations; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction: Cotton-Picking Problems Beyond the WTO; 2 Historic Relationships Between Cotton and Poverty; 3 Global Trade Governance and Cotton Dependence: Beyond Poverty Maintenance; 4 Breaking the Historic Relationships in Tanzania; 5 NGOs, Conventional Production and Poverty; 6 CSR and the Cotton-Poverty Relationship; 7 Conclusions: Global Interventions and Poverty Eradication; Appendix A: Sources for Cotton Statistics; Appendix B: Stabilization, Adjustment and Rural Livelihoods; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910959152903321 |
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| London : , : Palgrave Macmillan UK : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2011 | ||
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Hanging by a thread [[electronic resource] ] : cotton, globalization, and poverty in Africa / / edited by William G. Moseley and Leslie C. Gray
| Hanging by a thread [[electronic resource] ] : cotton, globalization, and poverty in Africa / / edited by William G. Moseley and Leslie C. Gray |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Athens, Ohio, : Ohio University Press |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (310 p.) |
| Disciplina | 338.1/7351096 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
MoseleyWilliam G
GrayLeslie |
| Collana | Ohio University research in international studies. Global and comparative studies series |
| Soggetto topico |
Cotton trade - Africa
Cotton - Economic aspects - Africa Poverty - Africa |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 0-89680-461-5 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Preface and Acknowledgments; Contributors; Introduction; Part I: Global Cotton, Local Crises; 1: Producing Poverty; 2: Cotton Production in Burkina Faso; 3: Mali's Cotton Conundrum; 4: The Decline of Bt Cotton in KwaZulu-Natal; Part II: Organizing Cotton; 5: The Many Paths of Cotton Sector Reformin East and Southern Africa; 6: Cotton Production, Poverty,and Inequality in Rural Benin; 7: Rural Development Is MoreThan Commodity Production; 8: Cotton Casualties and Cooperatives; Part III: Alternate Futures; 9: Genetically Engineered Cotton; 10: Organic Cotton in Sub-Saharan Africa; Conclusion
Index |
| Altri titoli varianti | Cotton, globalization, and poverty in Africa |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910455932503321 |
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Hanging by a thread [[electronic resource] ] : cotton, globalization, and poverty in Africa / / edited by William G. Moseley and Leslie C. Gray
| Hanging by a thread [[electronic resource] ] : cotton, globalization, and poverty in Africa / / edited by William G. Moseley and Leslie C. Gray |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Athens, Ohio, : Ohio University Press |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (310 p.) |
| Disciplina | 338.1/7351096 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
MoseleyWilliam G
GrayLeslie |
| Collana | Ohio University research in international studies. Global and comparative studies series |
| Soggetto topico |
Cotton trade - Africa
Cotton - Economic aspects - Africa Poverty - Africa |
| ISBN | 0-89680-461-5 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Preface and Acknowledgments; Contributors; Introduction; Part I: Global Cotton, Local Crises; 1: Producing Poverty; 2: Cotton Production in Burkina Faso; 3: Mali's Cotton Conundrum; 4: The Decline of Bt Cotton in KwaZulu-Natal; Part II: Organizing Cotton; 5: The Many Paths of Cotton Sector Reformin East and Southern Africa; 6: Cotton Production, Poverty,and Inequality in Rural Benin; 7: Rural Development Is MoreThan Commodity Production; 8: Cotton Casualties and Cooperatives; Part III: Alternate Futures; 9: Genetically Engineered Cotton; 10: Organic Cotton in Sub-Saharan Africa; Conclusion
Index |
| Altri titoli varianti | Cotton, globalization, and poverty in Africa |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910780602003321 |
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