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Inventing the cotton gin : machine and myth in antebellum America / Angela Lakwete.

Lakwete, Angela, 1949- (Author).

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Angela Lakwete revisits the myths evoked by Eli Whitney's cottin gin and discovers that gins existe for centuries before his 1794 invention. Her compelling study explores this tool as an artifact of global history and a barometer of southern industrial development.

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ISBN: 0801882729 (pbk.)
ISBN: 9780801882722 (pbk.)
Physical Description: xiii, 232 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Publisher: Baltimore, Md. ; Johns Hopkins University Press, 2005.

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General Note:	Originally published: 2003.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Whitney, Eli, 1765-1825.
Cotton gins and ginning > Southern States > History > 18th century.
Cotton manufacture > Technological innovations > Southern States > History > 18th century.
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