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King cotton in modern America: a cultural, political, and economic history since 1945

2011 University Press of Mississippi ;ISBN: 9781604737981 ;ISBN: 1604737980 ;ISBN: 1604737999 ;ISBN: 9781604737998 ;ISBN: 1628469323 ;ISBN: 9781628469325 ;EISBN: 1604737999 ;EISBN: 9781604737998 ;OCLC: 690211896 ;LCCallNum: HD9075.B82 2011

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  • Title:
    King cotton in modern America: a cultural, political, and economic history since 1945
  • Author: Brown, D. Clayton (Deward Clayton)
  • Subjects: 20th Century ; Cotton growing ; Cotton industry ; Cotton manufacture ; Cotton textile industry ; Cotton trade ; Globalization ; HISTORY ; Manufacturing ; Social history ; U.S.A ; United States
  • Description: King Cotton in Modern America places the once kingly crop in historical perspective, showing how "cotton culture" was actually part of the larger culture of the United States despite many regarding its cultivation and sources as hopelessly backward. Leaders in the industry, acting through the National Cotton Council, organized the various and often conflicting segments to make the commodity a viable part of the greater American economy. The industry faced new challenges, particularly the rise of foreign competition in production and the increase of man-made fibers in the consumer market.Modernization and efficiency became key elements for cotton planters. The expansion of cotton- growing areas into the Far West after 1945 enabled American growers to compete in the world market. Internal dissension developed between the traditional cotton growing regions in the South and the new areas in the West, particularly over the USDA cotton allotment program. Mechanization had profound social and economic impacts. Through music and literature, and with special emphasis placed on the meaning of cotton to African Americans in the lore of Memphis's Beale Street, blues music, and African American migration off the land, author D. Clayton Brown carries cotton's story to the present.
  • Publisher: Jackson: University Press of Mississippi
  • Creation Date: 2011
  • Format: 432
  • Language: English
  • Identifier: ISBN: 9781604737981
    ISBN: 1604737980
    ISBN: 1604737999
    ISBN: 9781604737998
    ISBN: 1628469323
    ISBN: 9781628469325
    EISBN: 1604737999
    EISBN: 9781604737998
    OCLC: 690211896
    LCCallNum: HD9075.B82 2011
  • Source: Ebook Central Academic Complete
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