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Cotton Gin, 2007.
An analysis of the history and impact of the invention of the cotton gin.
1,362 words (approx. 5.4 pages), 11 sources, MLA, $ 45.95
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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.
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"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)."
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Cotton Gin, 2002.
Shows that the impact of cotton gin extended far beyond the lives it directly affected.
1,900 words (approx. 7.6 pages), 8 sources, $ 71.95
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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.
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Cotton Gin in America, 2002.
A look at the positive and negative social impact of the cotton gin industry on America.
2,383 words (approx. 9.5 pages), 10 sources, MLA, $ 73.95
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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."
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US Cotton and Japan, 2006.
This paper discusses the exports of American cotton to Japan.
2,142 words (approx. 8.6 pages), 10 sources, APA, $ 67.95
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The paper explains why U.S. cotton is the cotton of choice for leading brands. The paper also describes the United States cotton industry and examines why Japan is an important export market for US cotton.
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Cotton
US Cotton
The US Cotton Industry
Japan as a Key Market for US Cotton Exports
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"Cotton is the single most important textile fiber in the world. It accounts for over 40 percent of total world fiber production. The United States, China and India provide over half of the world's cotton, although it is grown in more than 80 countries worldwide. In terms of cotton production, the United States ranks second to China, but it is the leading exporter of cotton in the world (Cotton Overview, 2006). Cotton is a strong fiber with a tenacity of 3-5 gram force per decitex, dependent on the moisture content and test conditions. Its strength usually increases as it absorbs water and it does not stretch easily (Cotton, 1996)."
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The English Cotton Textile Industry, 2001.
An analysis of the development of the English cotton industry, with particular emphasis on the Tame Valley in South Lancashire.
8,471 words (approx. 33.9 pages), 25 sources, APA, $ 179.95
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This paper examines the history of the cotton textile industry, with a particular emphasis on the campaign for workers' rights in Dukinfield and Stalybridge in the Tame Valley, east of Manchester. The scope for customs and recreation is also described, to give a rounded picture of life in a cotton town.
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Cotton Imports and Exports
Development of the Industry
The Early Cotton Industry in Dukinfield and Stalybridge
Growth of the Cotton Industry along the Tame Valley
Increasing Unrest
The Cotton Famine
The 20th Century
Customs and Recreation in Stalybridge
Bibliography
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"The first instance of factory spinning had been in Richard Arkwright's water-powered mill at Cromford in 1771, and the transition to a factory-based cotton industry occurred during the last 30 years of the 18th Century. The invention of the spinning jenny enabled domestic cotton spinners to spin yarn much more quickly, but this caused problems with carding, which had to be done prior to spinning. The old method of carding involved the use of hand-held cards covered with tiny spikes to make a loose rope of fibres from cleaned cotton. The process remained slow until Arkwright introduced his carding machine in 1775. This machine was heavy but well suited to being turned by water power, so water-driven carding factories were built on small streams and rivers in the cotton districts. Steam power was used from the 1780s. "
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Critique of the Cotton Slavery System, 2001.
This essays examines the economic viability of cotton slavery, and asks whether it hindered or enabled the economic development of the United States.
1,880 words (approx. 7.5 pages), 4 sources, MLA, $ 60.95
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This is a critical study of the American cotton slavery system, and examines why a system so apparently ineffiecient and cruel was such an integral part of Southern society. It also examines the strengths of cotton slavery from an economic viewpoint, and suggests that perhaps it was not as unprofitable as previously believed.
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"Despite being unpaid labour, slavery did not constitute a 'free' workforce. The original cost of purchase was substantial, and the extra costs of housing, food, and clothing lasted throughout their lives, irrespective of illness or old age. However, by the nineteenth century cotton slavery had become an institution in the Southern states of the USA. Ownership of slaves gave the landowner status, and the more he possessed the higher his status became."
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Cotton Mather and Nathaniel Hawthorne, 2003.
A comparative analysis of the secularism of Nathaniel Hawthorne and the religious fanaticism of Cotton Mather .
1,150 words (approx. 4.6 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 39.95
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This paper compares of the ideas of Cotton Mather and the themes of Nathaniel Hawthorne's short story,"Young Goodman Brown."
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" From the perspective of it is difficult to credit such an idea until one is reminded of the fundamentalist zeal of Nazis or religious fanatics who blather about great Satans and howl for death to this ..."
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"Sisters and Strangers: Women in the Shanghai Cotton Mills", 2002.
An examination of the book "Sisters and Strangers: Women in the Shanghai Cotton Mills" by Emily Honig.
1,957 words (approx. 7.8 pages), 0 sources, $ 62.95
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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. "
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The Decline Of The British Cotton Industry: Trick Of History Or Historical Invevitability, 1986.
Discusses two views of the fall of the British cotton industry, the Fatalist school which viewed it as the result of poor responses to random acts, & the Casualist school, which finds it the inevitable result of cause & effect.
2,250 words (approx. 9.0 pages), 8 sources, $ 79.95
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"At one time, and for more than 100 years, the cotton industry in Great Britain was the most powerful in the world, and indeed was one of the backbones of both the British Empire and World Economic Development in the 19th Century. One school of historians argue that the decline of the cotton industry in Britain during the 1920s and 1930s was "a trick history played on the managers of the British cotton industry" (McCloskey & Sandberg, 1971, 102; Bellamy, 1962, 106). This analysis will refer to them as the "Fatalists," and assert that their belief is that life (both social and economic) is nothing more than a series of random acts, some more important than others. To the Fatalists, the study of history is the study of mankind's and (...)"
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Dyeing Wool and Cotton, 2000.
An essay considering the microscopy of pigments.
1,801 words (approx. 7.2 pages), 5 sources, MLA, $ 57.95
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The origins of the methods used in traditional dyeing are rooted in Egyptian, Greek and Roman times. Practically speaking, the principal methods of dyeing remained largely unchanged until the advent of synthetic dyes. This paper explores traditional methods of dyeing textiles (cotton, wool, silk) and examines the microscopy of the pigments used (woad, logwood, madder, copperas, etc).
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"It is a known fact that dyes react differently to various fibres and that their fastness is determined by the particular chemical properties of each fibre. The use of mordants ensures colour fastness but again the longevity of the colour is determined by a complex set of variables. In addition, different mordants achieve different shades and again the fastness of these shades is determined to a large extent by the particular method of application. Reaching optimum results also depends on the correct temperatures or the repeated dipping of the material into the dyebath or even on the application of several baths of different mordant dyes."
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"The Swimmer" and "The Sorrows of Gin", 2002.
Analyzes the main characters in two stories by John Cheever to show their differences on the subject of alcoholism
650 words (approx. 2.6 pages), 1 source, $ 26.95
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A paper that contrasts two stories: "The Swimmer" and "The Sorrows of Gin" by John Cheever. By showing a character analysis of each of the stories, we can assemble an argument to show their differences on the subject of alcoholism.
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Reconstruction and the Cotton Industry, 1991.
A look at the impact of post-Civil War socioeconomics and politics on this industry in Mississippi Delta. Includes background, carpetbaggers, racial violence, plantations and sharecropping.
3,375 words (approx. 13.5 pages), 7 sources, $ 119.95
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"This paper will discuss the impact that Reconstruction had on the cotton industry in the Mississippi Delta. The Mississippi Delta region had been economically dependent on cotton production for decades prior to the Civil War. The region is located in the northwest part of the state, with the Mississippi River forming its western border and the Yazoo River and a series of bluffs forming its eastern border. The northern and southern borders of the Mississippi Delta are created by the northern and southern boundaries of the state itself. Altogether, the delta region encompasses a large area of agriculturally rich land. Thus, "these delta lands extend along the entire western border of Mississippi, but near the center of the state's Mississippi River they broaden into an oval region that is 60 miles wide from west to east" (O'Brien & Martin, 1985, p. 276). Because it is..."
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The Borderlands and Chicano Culture, 2007.
This paper discusses the Cotton Strike of 1933 and looks at the related effects on Mexican-American migrant workers.
756 words (approx. 3.0 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 26.95
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Mexican-Americans are an integral part of American society at large. Chicanos continue to be engulfed in an age-old struggle to retain their cultural heritage and identity, while at the same time fit into mainstream American culture. The borderlands and the city of Los Angeles are significant places in the study of the development of Chicano culture. Historical events in the borderlands have played a significant role in shaping Chicano culture into its present form. This paper explores the effects of the Cotton Strike of 1933 on the current tensions regarding Mexican-American migrant workers today. The writer concludes that many of the issues that were relevant in the cotton strike are still without a permanent resolution.
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"Cotton production is labor intensive and difficult without a sufficient supply of unskilled labor. Cotton production requires a long growing season and warm temperatures. Production has the potential for small profit margins. Therefore a producer must seek to cut costs anywhere possible. The loss of slave labor in the Southeastern United States meant the downfall of the cotton industry in that region. However, the availability of low-wage Mexican labor in the borderlands meant the ability to fill the gap left by the old Southern Cotton empire. Mexican migrant workers allowed for the development of the cotton industry in the southwestern United States."
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Sin in New England, 2004.
A review of "Wonders of the Invisible World: Being an Account of the Tryals of Several Witches Lately Executed in New-England" by Cotton Mather.
1,504 words (approx. 6.0 pages), 2 sources, MLA, $ 49.95
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The purpose of this paper is to introduce, discuss, and analyze the book, "Wonders of the Invisible World: Being an Account of the Tryals of Several Witches Lately Executed in New-England", by Cotton Mather. Specifically, the paper examines the concept of sin in the book and how the Puritans viewed sin and sinners. In addition, the writer compares the work to the book, "The Scarlet Letter", by Nathaniel Hawthorne. Sin is a theme constant in both these works, and sin was a constant in Puritan New England life.
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"Sin was an all-encompassing sin in the Puritan world that existed during the witch trials in New England, and so sin, and therefore, those who committed sin and what ultimately happened to them, permeated Mather's book, "Wonders of the Invisible World." Puritan New England was straight-laced and very devout, and anyone who strayed from Puritan belief was considered a sinner and ostracized by the people. Mather's holier-than-thou attitude clearly illustrates the fear of sin throughout the book, and shows just how narrow-minded these people were."
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Negro Education in Alabama, 2002.
Review of Negro education in Alabama: "A Study in Cotton and Steel" by Horace Mann Bond.
1,150 words (approx. 4.6 pages), 1 source, $ 44.95
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A review of the book Negro Education in Alabama: A Study in Cotton and Steel by Horace Mann Bond. By understanding the cultural points that lay within the education of blacks in South, we can understand how this author approaches this system with clarity.
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