The biography of cotton

Titre
The biography of cotton

Carrie, Gleason

Sommaire
Describes the history of the cultivation and use of cotton including the impact on slavery, urbanization, and industry.

Date de publication comme intervalle
2006

How did that get here?

Description matérielle
32 p. : ill.

Note générale
Includes glossary and index.
 
20.00

Table des matières
What is cotton? -- Cotton lands -- From fiber to fabric -- Cotton in the ancient world -- Cotton spreads -- Age of industry -- The cotton gin -- King Cotton -- Slavery -- Mill towns -- Boll weevil -- World cotton today.

Informations sur le programme
Accelerated Reader MG 7.3 1.0 103193

Terme de vedette-matière
Commercial products.
 
Cotton.
 
Textile industry.
 
Farm produce.

Résumé
Describes the history of the cultivation and use of cotton including the impact on slavery, urbanization, and industry.

Numéro international normalisé des livres (ISBN)
9780778724803

Informations de publication
New York : Crabtree, c2006.


BibliothèqueNuméro de rayonType de documentCode à barres du documentStatut
George P. Nicholson677.21 GLEBook31004000206230Non-Fiction