| Cotton and Race Across the Atlantic: Britain, Africa, and America, 1900-1920 Contributor(s): Robins, Jonathan E. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1580465676 ISBN-13: 9781580465670 Publisher: University of Rochester Press OUR PRICE: $128.25 Product Type: Hardcover Published: November 2016 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Africa - West - Business & Economics | Industries - General - Political Science | Colonialism & Post-colonialism |
| Dewey: 338.173 |
| LCCN: 2016025372 |
| Series: Rochester Studies in African History and the Diaspora |
| Physical Information: 0.88" H x 6" W x 9" (1.39 lbs) 312 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - West Africa |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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 AmericanSouth. 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. JonathanE. Robins is assistant professor of global history at Michigan Technological University. |