Hanging by a Thread: Cotton, Globalization, and Poverty in Africa Volume 9

by WilliamG.Moseley

The textile industry was one of the first manufacturing activities to become organized globally, as mechanized production in Europe used cotton from the various colonies. Africa, the least developed of the world's major regions, is now increasingly engaged in the production of this crop for the global market, and debates about the pros and cons of this trend have intensified.

Hanging by a Thread: Cotton, Globalization, and Poverty in...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0896802604
• ISBN13: 9780896802605
• Release Date: April 2008
• Publisher: Ohio University Press
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.4"