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*{{cite paper | author=Berners-Lee, Tim; Bray, Tim; Connolly, Dan; Cotton, Paul; Fielding, Roy; Jeckle, Mario; Lilley, Chris; Mendelsohn, Noah; Orcha

* Farnie, Douglas Antony, and Mike Williams. ''Cotton Mills in Greater Manchester'' (1992) 212 pages ...uglas Antony, and David J. Jeremy. ''The Fibre That Changed the World: The Cotton Industry in International Perspective, 1600-1990s'' 2004

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..., it is usually made from [[gabardine]] fabric of [[wool]] or heavy duty [[cotton]], but in modern times [[leather]] trench coats have become popular as well

* the [[undershirt]] is usually a white, cotton t-shirt of a slightly thinner variant that is worn underneath a regular shi

...ific picture of a beaten South, "when the northern soldier would tread her cotton fields, when the slave should be made free and the proud Southerner stricke ...d fever. He managed to maintain his wealth during the Civil War by selling cotton to U.S. Treasury agents. After the war, he was estimated to be among the fi

...cially the ante-bellum and Civil War eras. His most important book, ''King Cotton Diplomacy'' (1931), remains the major study of Confederate diplomacy. ...the position of the South vis-à-vis the North was created not by slavery, cotton, or states' rights, but by the two regions' misunderstanding of each other.

...or tent fabrics. In some areas, tribal weavers also use cotton. Although [[cotton]] is actually more stable than wool, it is less durable and often more expe ...using a weighted object called a spindle. When a twist of the raw wool or cotton is attached to the spindle and the spindle is spun and dropped, it pulls th

{{r|King Cotton}}

...d commercial center in the region. Uzbekistan is the world's third-largest cotton producer, although its intensive farming has caused great ecological damage

| quote = In 1924, a fire in the hold of a steamship carrying cotton prompted the Houston Fire Commissioner to declare that the Port of Houston

Modern belts can be made from [[leather]], [[nylon]], [[cotton]], [[chain]], or other decorative material. Most belts are made from a mat

Arthur Hugh Clough, the son of James Clough, a cotton merchant, and Anne Perfect, was born in Rodney Street, [[Liverpool]] on Jan

...oleskin]], originally the skin of a mole, but later a heavy, soft, durable cotton fabric, or clothing made from this

...cotton thread and textiles. This policy failed because of resistance from cotton textile industrialists, who relocated textile facilities and capital to Hon

* Aiken, Charles S. ''The Cotton Plantation South Since the Civil War'' Johns Hopkins University Press, 1998 * Phillips, Ulrich B. "The Economic Cost of Slaveholding in the Cotton Belt," ''Political Science Quarterly'' 20#2 (Jun., 1905), pp. 257-275 [http

...Lower South to East Texas where the climate and soil allowed for intensive cotton cultivation. Most of these plantations produced for an export market. Thi ...mmer, and their smaller size and hooves were well suited for such crops as cotton, tobacco, and sugar. The character of soils and climate in the lower South

...rge irrigation systems were developed and the region became specialized in cotton growing. Both of these landlocked countries are losing arable land to soil

...ood for a settlement of the slavery issue at any price for the sake of the cotton trade. The terms "Woolly Heads" and "Amalgamationistss" were also given to * Brauer, Kinley J. ''Cotton versus Conscience: Massachusetts Whig Politics and Southwestern Expansion,

...avily polluted and is drying up, mostly as a result of badly implemented [[cotton]] [[irrigation]] schemes.