Inventing the Cotton Gin
Subtitle: Machine and Myth in Antebellum America (Johns Hopkins Studies in the History of Technology)
Publisher: The Johns Hopkins University Press
Published: November 4, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 248
ISBN-13: 9780801873942
Subjects: American history: c 1500 to c 1800; History of engineering & technology; History of science; Social history; Technology & Industrial Arts; History; History: American; USA; United States; United States - Antebellum Era; History / United States / General; General; United States - General; 19th century; Cotton gins and ginning; Inventions
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.