Abstract
This paper examines how the invention of the cotton gin at the end of the eighteenth century marked the beginning of American industry in many ways, as it adapted a new technology to agriculture and increased the ability of an industry to produce at a saving in cost and time. It looks at how Eli Whitney invented the cotton gin in 1793 and how the principle he employed would then be used in thousands of cotton gins around the world, at one time preparing over 98 percent of the American crop for market.

From the Paper
"The invention also changed the nature of agriculture thereafter. Only a few farmers raised cotton at the time, and black-seed or long-staple cotton was the only viable cotton crop. While the seeds could be removed from this variety easily, the crop could not be raised profitably beyond the Sea Islands of South Carolina and Georgia or more than fifty miles inside the interior of the coastal plain. In 1793, the farmers in South Carolina and Georgia only raised about three million pounds, and by 1811, southern farmers were producing 80 million pounds. Because of the invention of the cotton gin, cotton culture was able to expand to the West (Hurt 93)."

Tags:industrial, revolution, agriculture, technology

Abstract
Perhaps as much as any other technology in American history, the cotton gin shaped the nation's economic, social, and political development. The paper shows that, although many people associate the cotton gin with only the South, its importance to the nation's other regions is evident. It describes how Eli Whitney's creation brought about not only an explosion in Southern cotton production but also led to the expansion of racial slavery throughout the region.

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"A major impact upon the economy was the country's sudden dependence upon cotton production. As a result of the cotton gin, many communities were forced, without prior notice, to depend on the price and abundance of a single crop (202). When the cotton industry was down, so was the economy of these communities. When the cotton industry was up, farmers rushed to turn a profit and often overproduced the crop. As a result, the economy would falter when the price of cotton would drop."

Tags:trade, industrial, revolution, agriculture, kingdom, cylinder, technology

Abstract
The creation of cotton gin was probably the most important catalyst of increased mechanization in America and the creation of an output-driven economy. It is thus possible to argue that the cotton gin in fact revolutionized America and forever changed the economic, political and social weave of the country. This paper will further elaborate this argument.

Abstract
This paper discuses how the discovery of the cotton gin impacted on millions of slaves in the USA. The author explains that there is a close link between the invention of the cotton gin and the expansion of slavery, as the new technology required even more slaves that were forced to work on plantations for greater profits.

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"Historians that study American history attribute a great importance to the cotton gin for its role in the expansion of slavery throughout America. There are few cases in American history when an object had such an impact on society. The cotton gin was part of the developing process in American industry and it was an invention that is associated by many historians as "a breakthrough that helped set in motion the expansion of chattel slavery in the South and quickened the industrialization of the North" . The impact of the invention of the cotton gin deserves therefore a more close analysis, as it is often linked with one of America's most condemned legacy - slavery.
"Slavery existed at the time the cotton gin was invented, only that it was not such an expanded phenomenon as it became later, aided by the discovery of the cotton gin. The discovery of the cotton gin made cotton exploitation easier and more profitable but at the cost of exploiting millions of slaves. There is a close link between the invention of the cotton gin and the expansion of slavery because the new technology required even more slaves that were forced to work on plantations for greater profits."

Tags:phenomenon, characteristics, economic

Abstract
The paper reveals that, while Whitney is remembered primarily for his cotton gin, many historians credit him with other significant contributions in labor and operations management. The paper outlines Whitney's early life and development and shows how his invention of the cotton gin contributed to the slave trade and the resulting Civil War. The paper also discusses Whitney's contribution to firearms design, manufacture and production and then looks at his later years and his other accomplishments.

Outline:
Introduction
Early Life and Development
The Cotton Gin
The Larger Impact of a Simple Technological InventionWeapons Manufacturing and Other Important Contributions of Eli Whitney
Conclusion - Later Life and Legacy

From the Paper
"Eli Whitney is widely remembered in American History, primarily for his late 18th century invention of the cotton engine or "gin," as it came to be known. In retrospect, the cotton gin transformed the economic portrait of the nascent United States and may have, unintentionally established the demand for slaves in the U.S., leading the country into its most shameful period of history. Even greater is evident in Whitney's nearly simultaneous contribution to firearms design, manufacture, and production, because barely fifty years later, the product of Whitney's first major technological success would trigger a war that shaped American society and culture thereafter, fought with battlefield weapons produced en masse, in quantities that contributed greatly to the tragic numbers of casualties of the American Civil War (Nevins & Commager 1992)."

Tags:cotton, gin, operations, management, firearms, salvery, civil, war

Abstract
This paper focuses on the life and crimes of Mary Ann Cotton, a British female serial killer in the 1800s. The paper also talks about the violentization theory formulated in this century by Lonnie Athens to explain her behavior. The author has also included two other theories, humanistic psychological theory and social control theory, to explain Mary Ann Cotton's delinquency.

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"Athens' time. Mary Ann Cotton was born into a small English village in 1832 and by the time Mary reached age thirty-three, she had already poisoned and killed ten people. Using Athens' theory of violentization, it is possible to understand what occurred in Mary's childhood to lead her to a life of violence. Additional theories, such as humanistic psychological theory and social control theory, could be utilized in order to explain Mary's violent actions. If Athens' theory of violentization or another theory on crime and delinquency had been available to Mary's peers or family during her childhood, the death of approximately twenty English citizens may have been prevented.
"In October 1832, a female serial killer was born in County Durham, England. Mary Ann Robson was born to two young adults who had recently married at age twenty. Throughout her childhood, Mary Ann faced multiple hardships. Mary Ann's father, Michael, was a poor miner who made hardly enough to keep his children and wife from starving. Also, her father was an avid Methodist and imposed harsh discipline on both Mary Ann and her brother, Robert. Mary Ann's father would often overstep his boundaries and discipline often bordered senseless abuse. Aggressive discipline coupled to malnutrition caused Mary Ann to frequently retreat from her family and friends."

Tags:suspicious, childhood, violent, discipline

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This essay discusses an important aspect of Maya Angelou's work, "Cotton Picking Time", which is its spiritual content and power. The paper states that Angelou is known for her religious and spiritual beliefs and how they reflect through her work. This paper analyzes how, "Cotton Picking Time", Angelou discusses one day in her life when she realizes both the bounties and harshness of Southern life as a black person.

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"As mentioned earlier, language is used as a powerful tool by the author. According to Angelou, it was the language that helped her community survive. There may actually be more to the folk language than we realize at first. By communicating about their pain and hard times, the community could verbalize their situation that helped in survival. Angelou admits that: 'It may be enough, however, to have it said that we survive in exact relationship to the dedication of our poets (include preachers, musicians and blues singers)' (p. 180). Black authors have almost unanimously agreed that language has helped them in survival. By talking about the pain, they could at least let it out or in other words, writing and singing provided an outlet to their pain and frustrations."

Tags:theme, spirituality, power, content, harshness, african-american

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This paper contains a critical book review of the title, along with a discussion of the personal value of the book. Emily Honig's book is the story of women who worked in the Shanghai cotton mills from 1919 through 1949, but the paper shows how the story is really about the women themselves, and how they survived the harsh working conditions by creating a sisterhood working together to help each other while surviving harsh and intolerable conditions.

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"The author's thesis is stated clearly in the Introduction. She hopes to prove that the women of the Shanghai mills were extremely class conscious, and this class consciousness had to be transformed and eliminated before the women could rise up together and demand reform. She notes, "I began my study by focusing on issues that precede the role of women in the labor movement and in the Chinese revolution: the nature of work, social relations within the workplace, the formation of the working class, and the transformations women underwent as they became members of an urban industrial proletariat" (Honig 2). The author also states her beliefs early in the book, when she notes, "Modern industrial capitalism in twentieth-century China, as in England and the United States a century earlier, was built on the intersection of textile manufacture and female and child labor" (Honig 1). She goes on to elaborate on this assertion throughout the book, exploring the exploitation of women in the mills, and its connection to the Shanghai labor movement. "

Tags:labor, female, exploitation, china

Abstract
This paper discusses how the 1700's can be considered a decade that is important to the history of the United States with George Washington being the first president, electricity being created, and with the famous cry, "The British are coming," coming from Paul Revere. The paper also addresses the cotton gin, the first American public library, and Benjamin Franklin.

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"1780 to 1790 were busy, challenging years for the beginning of a new nation. The literal making of a new government with a new president, new Constitution, new literacy works were all a part of the beginning of the United States. In fact, the 1780 to 1790 is the first decade of the new nation. George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, Jane Austin, Thomas Jefferson, and William Blake are all important people that play a role in the new nation. Arts and literacy were also important during this decade. George Washington became the first president of the United States on April 30, 1789. George Washington was born in 1732 as a part of a Virginia..."

Tags:inventors, 1700's, america

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This paper discusses John Grisham's position that media violence creates violence in our society and focuses specifically on Grisham's comments about Oliver Stone's film, "Natural Born Killers". The author also discusses her own view that, while media violence does contribute to violence in society, there are many other factors that contribute to this violence.

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"John Grisham is a popular novelist of our times so what he writes is usually well received. This is one reason why people quickly embraced and accepted his argument against violence that media projects and its impact on people. Grisham's essay "Unnatural Killers" first appeared in the journal that he publishes, The Oxford American. The essay was written to highlight the impact of media violence on actual behavior of people especially youth. It was a direct attack against Oliver Stone's movie, 'Natural Born Killers,' the movie that showed the casual side of violence and dealt light-heartedly with a serious issue. "

Tags:murder, mississippi, cotton-gin, manager, patsy, byers, killing, attempt, criminal, activities