Books Details
Author : Stephen Yafa Pages : 398 pages Publisher : Penguin
Group Language : ISBN-10 : 0143037226 ISBN-13 : 9780143037224
Books Descriptions
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).
