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Cotton : The Biography of a Revolutionary Fiber
de Yafa, Stephen
- Usado
- good
- Tapa blanda
- Estado
- Good
- ISBN 10
- 0143037226
- ISBN 13
- 9780143037224
- Librería
-
New Braunfels, Texas, United States
Formas de pago aceptadas
Sobre este artículo
Penguin Books, 2006. Soft Cover. Good. Book shows moderate wear/ spine tight, pages clean/ covers creased; moderate edge wear/ corners creased/ several pages and page tips creased; a few page tips slightly wrinkled/ readers slant
Sinopsis
In the tradition of Mark Kurlansky's Cod and Salt , this endlessly revealing book reminds us that the fiber we think of as ordinary is the world's most powerful cash crop, and that it has shaped the destiny of nations. Ranging from its domestication 5,500 years ago to its influence in creating Calvin Klein's empire and the Gap, Stephen Yafa's Cotton gives us an intimate look at the plant that fooled Columbus into thinking he'd reached India, that helped start the Industrial Revolution as well as the American Civil War, and that made at least one bug—the boll weevil—world famous. A sweeping chronicle of ingenuity, greed, conflict, and opportunism, Cotton offers "a barrage of fascinating information" ( Los Angeles Times ).
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Detalles
- Librería
- Harvest Moon Farm Book Cellar
(US)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 025392
- Título
- Cotton : The Biography of a Revolutionary Fiber
- Autor
- Yafa, Stephen
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Soft Cover
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Good
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Encuadernación
- Tapa blanda
- ISBN 10
- 0143037226
- ISBN 13
- 9780143037224
- Editorial
- Penguin Books
- Lugar de publicación
- New York
- Fecha de publicación
- 2006
- Product_type
- 2
Términos de venta
Harvest Moon Farm Book Cellar
All materials may be returned for a full refund if material does not meet the customers full expectations. 100% customer satisfaction guaranteed.
Sobre el vendedor
Harvest Moon Farm Book Cellar
Miembro de Biblio desde 2005
New Braunfels, Texas
Sobre Harvest Moon Farm Book Cellar
Harvest Moon Farm Book Cellar is a family owned and operated on-line bookstore. We are building a small non-conventional farm in the Texas Hill Country. We operate our bookstore out of a small outbuilding. Our books are located by searching every garage sale and thrift store, that we can, in over seven counties. We love the thrill of the hunt and the satisfaction of placing one person's unwanted book in the hands of someone who needs it (it also helps pay for the books we get to keep for ourselves).
