Seeds of destruction: the globalization of cotton as a result of the American Civil War

Doctor of Philosophy === Department of History === David A. Graff === Cotton was the most important commodity in the economy of the industrialized Western world in the mid-nineteenth century, as vital then as petroleum is today. It was widely believed that a prolonged interruption of the cotton supp...

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Main Author: Calhoun, Ricky-Dale
Language:en_US
Published: Kansas State University 2012
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2097/14956