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Cotton and Race across the Atlantic: Britain, Africa, and America, 1900-1920

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By (author): Jonathan E Robins

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 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. See more
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Product Details
  • Weight: 1g
  • Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
  • Publication Date: 15 Nov 2016
  • Publisher: Boydell & Brewer Ltd
  • Publication City/Country: United States
  • Language: English
  • ISBN13: 9781580465670

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