The story of Sea Island cotton
By: Richard Dwight Porcher and Sarah Fick.
Contributors: Fick, Sarah, 1953-
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Wyrick & Company; Brand: Wyrick n Company
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Charleston [S.C.]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 542
Subjects: Sea Island cotton.; Cotton trade -- United States.; Cotton manufacture -- United States.; Plantations -- South Carolina.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 503-519) and index.
Table of contents: title: Natural landscape of the Sea Islands; title: The cotton plant; title: The science of Gossypium barbadense L.; title: Worldwide dispersal of cotton; title: The origin of Sea Island cotton; title: Geographical distribution of long-staple cotton in SC, GA, & FL; title: The culture of Sea Island cotton; title: Market preparation; title: Ginning; title: The Fones McCarthy roller gin; title: Textile industry; title: Insect pests and diseases; title: Sea Island cotton trade; title: Kinsey Burden family; title: Sea Island cotton plantation architecture:  Edisto Island Plantations: Brick House; title: Tom Seabrook's House; title: Baynard's Old Place; title: William Edings House  (Seaside); title: Hopkinson's; title: Frogmore; title: Peter's Point; title: The Launch/Middleton's; title: Prospect Hill Plantation House; title: Oak Island Plantation House; title: Brookland; title: Crawford's Plantation House; title: Ashe's/Little Edisto/Windsor; title: Swallow's Bluff Plantation; title: Johns Island Plantations: Head Quarters Plantation House (Fenwick Hall); title: Brick House/Stanyarne Hall; title: Port Royal Island Plantations: Laurel Bay; title: Old Fort/Smith's Plantation; title: Myrtle Bush; title: Woodward; title: St. Helena Island: Tombee; title: Coffin Point; title: Mary Jenkins House; title: Seaside; title: Tom Fripp House; title: William J. Jenkins House; title: Kiawah Island: Vanderhorst House; title: Hilton Head Island: Coggins Point; title: Fish Hall Plantation; title: Daufuskie Island: Melrose Plantation (Salt Pond); title: Oakley Hall (Bloody Point); title: James Island: McLeod Plantation House; title: Other architectural examples:  Cassina Point Plantation House; title: William Seabrook House; title: Bleak Hall Plantation; title: Youghal, Christ Church Parish; title: Rose Hill, St. Luke's Parish; title: Patents; title: Specific names of plants; title: Plantation families.