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Cotton: The Biography of a Revolutionary Fiber [Secure eReader (recommended)/Mobipocket/Microsoft Reader]
eBook by Stephen Yafa
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eBook Category: History
eBook Description:  In the tradition of Mark Kurlansky's Cod and Salt, this endlessly revealing book reminds us that the fiber we think of as ordinary is the world's 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 Klein's empire and the Gap, Stephen Yafa's Cotton gives us an intimate look at the plant that fooled Columbus into thinking he'd reached India, that helped start the Industrial Revolution as well as the American Civil War, and that made at least one bug--the boll weevil--world famous. A sweeping chronicle of ingenuity, greed, conflict, and opportunism, Cotton offers "a barrage of fascinating information" (Los Angeles Times).
eBook Publisher: Penguin Group/Penguin
Fictionwise Release Date: June 2007
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Available eBook Formats [Secure eReader (recommended)/Mobipocket/Microsoft Reader - What's this?]: SECURE MOBIPOCKET FORMAT [382 KB], SECURE MICROSOFT READER FORMAT [640 KB] - Requires Microsoft Reader 2.1.1 for PCs, or Microsoft Reader 2.2.2 on Pocket PC 2002 handheld devices. Some older Pocket PCs can be upgraded. Learn More., SECURE EREADER (RECOMMENDED) FORMAT [403 KB]
All formats: Printing DISABLED, Read-aloud DISABLED
eReader (recommended) ISBN: 1429526955
MobiPocket Reader ISBN: 1429526971
Microsoft Reader ISBN: 97801430371429526939
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