Cotton The Biography of a Revolutionary Fiber

Name: Cotton The Biography of a Revolutionary Fiber
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ISBN: 9780143037224

ISBN-10: 0143037226

ISBN-13: 9780143037224

Edition: N/A

Authors: Stephen Yafa

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In the tradition of Mark Kurlanskys Codand Salt, this endlessly revealing book reminds us that the fiber we think of as ordinary is the worlds most powerful cash crop, and that it has shaped the destiny of nations. Ranging from its domestication 5,500 years ago to its influence in creating Calvin Kleins empire and the Gap, Stephen Yafas Cottongives us an intimate look at the plant that fooled Columbus into thinking hed reached India, that helped start the Industrial Revolution as well as the American Civil War, and that made at least one bugthe boll weevilworld famous. A sweeping chronicle of ingenuity, greed, conflict, and opportunism, Cottonoffers a barrage of fascinating information (Los…

Book details

List price: $15.00
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date: 6/27/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 432
Size: 5.12" wide x 7.76" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.638
Language: English

Stephen Yafa, a novelist, playwright, video producer, and award-winning screenwriter, has written for Playboy, Rolling Stone, Details, Wine Country Living, and the San Francisco Chronicle.