New World cotton

At 03:06 PM 3/6/2002 +0100, Immanuel Wallerstein wrote:
>paragraph five of the quoted book says there was a sudden influx of cotton 
>into Europe.....I ask WHY the "sudden influx" etc????fascinating. would 
>appreciate your response.bw
>

Jack Weatherford's book is not really based on original research. It is
basically a compilation of more specialized and scholarly works. The first
chance I get, I will track down some of the literature he cites to try to
answer this question.

Louis Proyect
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