Yafa, Stephen H.,  1941- <br/><br/>
Big cotton :  how a humble fiber created fortunes, wrecked civilizations, and put America on the map / 
Stephen Yafa. 
 - New York :  Viking,  c2005. 
 - xiv, 398 p. :  ill. ;  22 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. [375]-380) and index. 
<br/><br/>Preface	ix<br/>Introduction	1<br/>one:	Spun in All Directions	9<br/>two:	Star Turns	25<br/>three:	The Barber from Preston	39<br/>four:	Revolutionary Fiber	70<br/>five:	Camelot on the Merrimack	91<br/>six:	Looming Conflicts	118<br/>seven:	Southern Exposure	147<br/>eight:	Changing Fortunes	173<br/>nine:	Two-Horse Power	202<br/>ten:	Boll Weevil Blues	233<br/>eleven:	The Shirt on Your Back	270<br/>twelve:	Fields of Conflict	305<br/>Afterword	338<br/><br/>Glossary	345<br/>Notes	349<br/>Bibliography	375<br/>Acknowledgments	381<br/>Index	385 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0670033677 (acidfree paper) 9780670033676 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Cotton textile industry--History.--United States<br/>Cotton manufacture--History.--United States<br/>Manufactura del algodón<br/>Industria textil<br/>Algodón--Industria y comercio <br/>Industria de la maquinaria para algodón<br/>Industria de la maquinaria textil
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HD 9875  / Y12b 2005 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>338.4/767721/0973