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

The story of how African farmers, African-American scientists and British businessmen struggled to turn colonial Africa into a major cotton exporter.

List of contents

Introduction
The Cotton Crisis: Lancashire, the American South, and the Turn to "Empire Cotton"
"The Black Man's Crop": The British Cotton Growing Association and Africa
"The Scientific Redemption of Africa": Coercion and Regulation in Colonial Agriculture
"King Cotton's Impoverished Retinue": Making Cotton a "White Man's Crop" in the American South
Cotton, Development, and the "Imperial Burden"
Notes
Bibliography
Index

About the author

Jonathan E. Robins

Summary

The story of how African farmers, African-American scientists and British businessmen struggled to turn colonial Africa into a major cotton exporter.

Product details

• Authors: Jonathan E (Royalty Account) Robins, Jonathan E. Robins
• Publisher: Boydell & Brewer Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2016
• EAN: 9781580465670
• ISBN: 978-1-58046-567-0
• No. of pages: 312
• Dimensions: 241 mm x 164 mm x 23 mm
• Weight: 610 g
• Illustrations: 11 b/w illus.
• Series: Rochester Studies in African History and the Diaspora; Rochester Studies in African H; Rochester Studies in African History and the Diaspora; Rochester Studies in African H
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Modern era up to 1918; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Business > Individual industrial sectors, branches; Industrien und Branchenstudien, Afrikanische Geschichte, Politik und Staat, Nationale Befreiung und Unabhängigkeit, Postkolonialismus, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Colonialism & Post-Colonialism, History - General History, HISTORY / Africa / West