Re: New World Cotton

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