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Cotton From the Margins: An Analysis of the Indian Cotton Experiment217 views
Author
Phillips, Audrey, History - Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, University of Virginia
Advisors
Bishara, Fahad
Abstract
An exploration of the Indian Cotton experiment, which was devised by the British East India Company and took place in the early 1840s. The experiment included the relocation of ten American cotton planters. This essay focuses on the local, regional, and global structures that created this experiment. This work questions what it means to become global, and examines how people in the 1840s in America and in Britain were imagining the future of the cotton trade. It was a moment of globalization, one that is analyzed from the perspective of newspapers, parliamentary documents, and Consular papers.
Degree
MA (Master of Arts)
Notes
Disclaimer: The views expressed in this thesis are those of the author and do not reflect the official policy or position of the United States Air Force, Department of Defense, or the U.S. Government.
Language
English
Rights
All rights reserved (no additional license for public reuse)
Phillips, Audrey. Cotton From the Margins: An Analysis of the Indian Cotton Experiment. University of Virginia, History - Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, MA (Master of Arts), 2023-11-28, https://doi.org/10.18130/a76m-my53.
