02251cam a22004214a 4500999001700000003000800017005001700025007000300042008004100045020003200086020001800118040001800136041000800154042000800162043001200170050002300182082002600205100002900231245012200260260003200382300003400414504006600448505046500514650005300979650004801032650003601080650002701116650004301143650005201186650004401238856010601282856009101388856008101479856009201560906004501652942001201697952012001709  c43373d43373BJBSDDR20230410115540.0ta040813s2005    nyua     b    001 0 eng    a0670033677 (acidfree paper)  a9780670033676  aDLCcDLCbspa  aeng  apcc  an-us---00aHD 9875bY12b 200500a338.4/767721/09732221 aYafa, Stephen H.,d1941-10aBig cotton :bhow a humble fiber created fortunes, wrecked civilizations, and put America on the map /cStephen Yafa.  aNew York :bViking,cc2005.  axiv, 398 p. :bill. ;c22 cm.  aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [375]-380) and index.  aPreface	ix
Introduction	1
one:	Spun in All Directions	9
two:	Star Turns	25
three:	The Barber from Preston	39
four:	Revolutionary Fiber	70
five:	Camelot on the Merrimack	91
six:	Looming Conflicts	118
seven:	Southern Exposure	147
eight:	Changing Fortunes	173
nine:	Two-Horse Power	202
ten:	Boll Weevil Blues	233
eleven:	The Shirt on Your Back	270
twelve:	Fields of Conflict	305
Afterword	338

Glossary	345
Notes	349
Bibliography	375
Acknowledgments	381
Index	385 0aCotton textile industryzUnited StatesxHistory. 0aCotton manufacturezUnited StatesxHistory. 4aManufactura del algodón97475 4aIndustria textil97473 4aAlgodónxIndustria y comercio 97474 4aIndustria de la maquinaria para algodón97476 4aIndustria de la maquinaria textil97477423Contributor biographical informationuhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0719/2004057185-b.html423Publisher descriptionuhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0719/2004057185-d.html413Sample textuhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0719/2004057185-s.html413Table of contents onlyuhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0719/2004057185-t.html  a7bcbccorignewd1eocipf20gy-gencatlg  2lcccBK  001040708CSaBJBbBJBcCSd2023-04-10l0oHD 9875 Y12b 2005p00000053052r2018-10-24 00:00:00t1w2018-10-24yBK