From its infancy in Peru and Pakistan 6,000 years ago to the fields of the antebellum South to its current association with big name clothiers, Yafa tells the epic story of how a humble fiber created fortunes, wrecked civilizations, and put America on the map.
Being originally from the "land of cotton" myself, this book promises to be an intriguing, educational read - have already learned more than I ever thought about in today's first read - my knowledge was mostly of the progression from cotton fields to cotton mills where it was woven into fabric to bleacheries where it was bleached and then the print work factories where the design was printed on - There promises to be so much more to learn of this little boll of cotton -
Don't know about this one. I think the author has been spending a little too much time in the cotton. Today's narrative was over-the-top and mind numbing at the same time. I'll probably pass.
Cotton fed me, clothed me, gave me my first paying job. This will be an interesting read. I was reared on a cotton farm in West Texas so cotton was important to our way of life. My mother still gets an income from the cotton grown on the farm.
I leaned to pick cotton and also hoed cotton to earn money each summer during my teen years. In 1960, we worked 10 hours a day at 60 cents an hour, earned $6.00 per day. (Seems impossible now). I didn't know the imapct of cotton on the world.
Sephen Yafa presents a facinating picture and account of the world of cotton! This
will be a wonderful read, and it would help anyone to better understand world history too while using King Cotton as the navagator. I am really enjoying the reviews! Thanks for giving us this great choice.
Who woulda thought such a common, everyday item would have such an impact on world history? I grabbed my library's only copy and look forward to learning more. A sugggestion: David Liss's THE COFFEE TRADER. It's fiction, delves into the history of coffee... talk about an impact on the world! I had no idea!
