Cotton
The Biography of a Revolutionary Fiber
$53.30
- Paperback
432 pages
- Release Date
27 June 2006
Summary
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 Ind…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780143037224 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0143037226 |
| Author: | Stephen Yafa |
| Publisher: | Penguin Putnam Inc |
| Imprint: | The Penguin Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 432 |
| Release Date: | 27 June 2006 |
| Weight: | 340g |
| Dimensions: | 197mm x 128mm x 24mm |
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Critics Review
“I have to hand it to Mr. Yafa. Cotton rules.” —The Wall Street Journal
“With wit and intelligence, Yafa demonstrates how a good deal of history can be learned by following a single thread.” —The Washington Post
“A comprehensive and often surprising history [of a crop that changed the world].” —USA Today
About The Author
Stephen Yafa
Stephen Yafa, a novelist, playwright, and award-winning screenwriter, has written for Playboy, Details, Rolling Stone, and the San Francisco Chronicle.
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