Inventing the Cotton Gin
Subtitle: Machine and Myth in Antebellum America (Johns Hopkins Studies in the History of Technology)
Edition: New Ed edition
Publisher: The Johns Hopkins University Press
Published: August 12, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 248
ISBN-13: 9780801882722
Subjects: History of engineering & technology; Textile & fibre technology; c 1700 to c 1800; Technology & Industrial Arts; Science; Science/Mathematics; USA; History; United States - Antebellum Era; History / United States / General; United States - General; 18th century; Cotton gins and ginning; Cotton manufacture; Southern States; Technological innovations
First sentence: Many dedicated librarians, archivists, museum curators, agricultural engineers, gin managers, as well as professional and amateur historians have contributed to this work, and I thank them all for their tireless efforts.