Cotton and Race in the Making of America: The Human Costs of Economic Power
Gene Dattel, . . Ivan R, Dee, $28.95 (416pp) ISBN 978-1-56663-747-3
Two themes, one explicit, one implicit, compete in this exploration of the link between the development of American capitalism and the devastation of the African-American community. The price of cotton as the “determinant of America's destiny, influencing and even overcoming individual will and ethical behavior” is the fully explicit one. In treating it, Dattel (
Reviewed on: 06/29/2009
Genre: Nonfiction
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