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King cotton in modern America a cultural, political, and economic history since 1945 / D. Clayton Brown.
| Author/creator | Brown, D. Clayton, 1941- |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, |
| Description | xi, 440 p., [14] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from eBooks on EBSCOhost |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from UPCC Books History 2011 Subject Collection |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Prologue : the power of cotton -- The cultural image of cotton, 1945 -- The new politics of cotton -- The cotton conference -- A new era begins -- Ambassadors of foreign policy, 1945-1950 -- The dinner table war : postwar struggles -- The South transformed : cotton's mechanization, 1945-1970 -- The white gold rush : cotton moves West -- Boll weevils, worms, and moths : a hundred-year war -- Memphis : the epicenter of the Cotton Belt -- "The fabric of our lives" : cotton incorporated -- The Texas plains : America's cotton patch -- The question of subsidies -- Crop lien to futures : financing cotton -- The role of textiles -- Research : the key to viability -- Challenges anew -- The globalization of cotton -- The new cotton culture. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2010022781 |
| ISBN | 9781604737981 (cloth : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 9781604737998 (ebook) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Electronic Resources | ✔ Available |