| Description |
xi, 440 p., [14] p. of plates : ill. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Prologue : the power of cotton -- The cultural image of cotton, 1945 -- The new politics of cotton -- The cotton conference -- A new era begins -- Ambassadors of foreign policy, 1945-1950 -- The dinner table war : postwar struggles -- The South transformed : cotton's mechanization, 1945-1970 -- The white gold rush : cotton moves West -- Boll weevils, worms, and moths : a hundred-year war -- Memphis : the epicenter of the Cotton Belt -- "The fabric of our lives" : cotton incorporated -- The Texas plains : America's cotton patch -- The question of subsidies -- Crop lien to futures : financing cotton -- The role of textiles -- Research : the key to viability -- Challenges anew -- The globalization of cotton -- The new cotton culture. |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries. |
| Subject |
Cotton trade -- United States -- History.
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Cotton manufacture -- United States -- History.
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Cotton growing -- United States -- History.
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Cotton textile industry -- History.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
ProQuest (Firm)
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| ISBN |
9781604737981 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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9781604737998 (electronic bk.) |
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