THE RISE AND FALL OF KING COTTON

Andre Deutsch/BBC, 1984. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7. Hardback First Edition. Published to accompany a series of BBC Television Programmes first broadcast in Autumn 1984. Hardcover Book in Fine Condition with a Very Good Glossy Dust Jacket which has minor edge wear. Black and white in-text illustrations, some full page. Illustrated throughout the text. Endpapers with gray-toned illustration of cotton pickers in the field. Binding of deep red full cloth, gilt titled; clean and unmarked, tight and solid sewn binding. Internals are in Fine Condition-- clean and unmarked. Colorful pictorial jacket with illustration based on cotton industry scenes. Jacket not price-clipped. This book accompanied BBC series about how a few technical innovations brought about an industrial revolution. Cotton production changed the lives of millions; British textile workers left their cottage industries and were subjected to the demands of factory and machine. A fascinating story with many historical illustrations never seen before about an industry that led the process of industrialization, with a wealth of historical information never seen before this book, of an industry which was to set the pace for the whole process of industrialization. 240 pages with References and Index. 9.75 x 7 inches. 1984, Andre Deutsch/BBC, London, UK