Cotton and race across the Atlantic : Britain, Africa, and America, 1900-1920 / / Jonathan E. Robins
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Robins Jonathan
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| Titolo: |
Cotton and race across the Atlantic : Britain, Africa, and America, 1900-1920 / / Jonathan E. Robins
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| Pubblicazione: | Rochester, NY : , : University of Rochester Press, , 2016 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (xi, 298 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
| Disciplina: | 338.1/7351096 |
| Soggetto topico: | Cotton trade - Africa - History |
| Cotton trade - England - Lancashire - History | |
| Cotton trade - United States | |
| Note generali: | Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 31 Jul 2019). |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| 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." |
| Sommario/riassunto: | The story of how African farmers, African-American scientists, and British businessmen struggled to turn colonial Africa into a major cotton exporter. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Cotton and race across the Atlantic |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910151587603321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Serie:
Rochester studies in African history and the diaspora ; ; v. 73.