Cotton: The Biography of a Revolutionary Fiber by Stephen Yafa

Cotton: The Biography of a Revolutionary Fiber

Stephen Yafa

434 pages digital 2004

5 editions

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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 domesticatio...

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