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Re: New World Cotton by Bruce McFarling 07 March 2002 00:36 UTC |
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At 15:06 06/03/02 +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 It actually says massive. But as I recall my Caribbean history, sea island cotton was among the first successful plantation crops in the Caribbean. (of course with enough people showing up hoping to get rich quick, something as obvious as trying to grow the cotton that can be turned into a cloth so fine that an unsophisticated European market could almost confuse it for silk would be sure to get a try) Virtually, Bruce McFarling, New Lambton, NSW ecbm@cc.newcastle.edu.au
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