Cotton and Race Across the Atlantic : Britain, Africa, and America, 1900-1920
Cotton and Race Across the Atlantic :
Britain, Africa, and America, 1900-1920
by Jonathan E. Robins
English | 2016 | ISBN: 1580465676 | 314 Pages | PDF | 10 MB
Britain, Africa, and America, 1900-1920
by Jonathan E. Robins
English | 2016 | ISBN: 1580465676 | 314 Pages | PDF | 10 MB
During the first two decades of the twentieth century, demand for raw cotton in Europe, Asia, and America outstripped production as African Americans migrated away from Southern cotton fields. Consequently, industrialists in Europe turned to Africa for new sources of cotton. This volume documents the efforts by British financiers and colonial officials, along with some African-American allies, to bring the American model of cotton production to colonial Africa. In a narrative featuring a host of characters – including British entrepreneurs, African kings, and African-American scientists – author Jonathan Robins weaves together events in Africa, Britain, and the American South. Robins chronicles the origins, failings, and eventual evolution of Britain's colonial cotton project, revealing the global forces and actors that moved and transformed the international cotton industry.