Cotton and Race Across the Atlantic: Britain, Africa, and America, 1900-1920 (..

Description: Yesterday's Muse, Inc. presents ... Cotton and Race Across the Atlantic: Britain, Africa, and America, 1900-1920 (Rochester Studies in African History and the Diaspora) ISBN:1580465676 Author:Robins, Jonathan E. Publisher:University of Rochester Press Release Date:2016 Seller Category:-- Qty Available:1 Condition:New Sku: 2345966 Notes: First edition. An exceptional copy. 2016 Hard Cover. xi, [3], 298 pp. Extensive notes, bibliography, and index follow text. The story of how African farmers, African-American scientists, and British businessmen struggled to turn colonial Africa into a major cotton exporter. During the first two decades of the twentieth century, demand for raw cotton in Europe, Asia, and America outstripped production as African Americans migrated away from Southern cotton fields. Consequently, industrialists in Europe turned to Africa for new sources of cotton. This volume documents the efforts by British financiers and colonial officials, along with some African-American allies, to bring the American model of cotton production to colonial Africa. In a narrative featuring a host of characters -- including British entrepreneurs, African kings, and African-American scientists -- author Jonathan Robins weaves together events in Africa, Britain, and the American South. Robins chronicles the origins, failings, and eventual evolution of Britain's colonial cotton project, revealing the global forces and actors that moved and transformed the international cotton industry. Jonathan E. Robins is assistant professor of global history at Michigan Technological University. Don't forget to check out other great deals in our eBay Store!!

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Number of Pages: 312 Pages

Publication Name: Cotton and Race Across the Atlantic : Britain, Africa, and America, 1900-1920

Language: English

Publisher: University of Rochester Medical Press

Subject: Industries / General, Economic History, Africa / West, Industries / Fashion & Textile Industry, Industries / Agribusiness, Colonialism & Post-Colonialism

Item Height: 1 in

Publication Year: 2016

Type: Textbook

Item Length: 9.9 in

Author: Jonathan E. Robins

Subject Area: Political Science, Business & Economics, History

Series: Rochester Studies in African History and the Diaspora Ser.

Item Width: 6.6 in

Format: Hardcover