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KING COTTON IN MODERN AMERICA IBD

D CLAYTON BROWN
UNIVERSITY PRESS OF MISSISSIPP
03 / 2013
9781617038358
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King Cotton in Modern America places the once preeminent southern crop in historical perspective, showing how 'cotton culture' was actually part of the larger culture of the United States despite the widespread perception of its cultivation and sources as hopelessly backward. Leaders in the industry, acting through the National Cotton Council, organized their 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 proliferation of cotton fields in the western states after 1945 enabled America to compete in the world cotton market, but internal dissension developed between the traditional regions of the South and the new areas in the West, particularly over the USDA cotton allotment program. Mechanization had profound social and economic impacts.Combining history with music and literature, D. Clayton Brown carries cotton?s story to the present with a special emphasis on the meaning of cotton in the lore of Memphis?s Beale Street, blues music, and African American migration.

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