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Full Record Check this checkbox to mark or unmark the current record AUTHOR Lusted, Marcia Amidon. TITLE Inside the cotton industry [electronic resource] / by Marcia Amidon Lusted. IMPRINT Minneapolis, MN : Essential Library, 2017. DESCRIPTION 1 online resource (112 p.) : ill. (some col.), maps. SERIES Big business. SERIES Gale eBooks. NOTE Includes bibliographical references and index. CONTENT NOTE 1. The universal fiber -- 2. Ancient threads -- 3. Cotton and slavery -- 4. The US cotton industry -- 5. A new era -- 6. Cotton continues growing -- 7. Cotton today -- 8. Cotton and the environment -- 9. Cotton's future. SUMMARY This title examines the business around cotton, one of the world's top fiber crops. It explores cotton's deep historical influence, the way it is grown today, and its surprising uses in many high-tech fabrics. SUBJECT Cotton textile industry. DISCIPLINE Economics. DISCIPLINE Internet Resources. LINK Available via Gale Virtual Reference Library. Click here to access (Password can be acquired from eClass public announcement) ISBN 9781624022944 (ebk.). Location Call Number Status World Wide Web 338.17351 LUS ebook Internet 網上資源