1857 1st ed Cotton Planters Manual American Plantation Slavery Eli Whitney



J.A. Turners Cotton Planters Manual is an important pre-Civil War book on the American cotton industry. Cotton manufacturing has long been associated with American slavery, but it also was one of the most important facets of industry in the United States, creating trade and the need for new inventions such as the cotton gin.



This book provides details on the history of the use of cotton, its chemistry, trade options, and a section on Eli Whitney?s cotton gin.



Item number: #15286

Price: $499



TURNER, J.A.



The cotton planter's manual : being a compilation of facts from the best authorities on the culture of cotton ; its natural history, chemical analysis, trade, and consumption ; and embracing a history of cotton and the cotton gin



New York : C.M. Saxton and Co., 1857. First edition.



Details:

Collation: Complete with all pages

ix, 320; 11, [1]

Provenance: Bookplate ? D. Richardson

Language: English

Binding: Hardcover; tight and secure

Cloth

Size: ~8in X 5.75in (20.5cm x 14cm)



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