cotton: Bibliography

See J. M. Munro, Cotton (2d ed. 1987); C. W. Smith and J. T. Cothren, ed., Cotton (1999); G. Riello, Cotton (2013); S. Beckert, Empire of Cotton (2014).

Sections in this article:

• Introduction
• Cotton Production Today
• Effect of the Cotton Gin
• Early History
• Uses of Cotton
• Planting and Production
• The Cotton Plant
• Bibliography

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