Cotton and Race Across the Atlantic: Britain, Africa, and America, 1900-1920
(Part of the Rochester Studies in African History and the Diaspora Series)
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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...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:1580465676
ISBN13:9781580465670
Release Date:November 2016
Publisher:University of Rochester Press
Length:312 Pages
Weight:1.39 lbs.
Dimensions:0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"
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