James Hammond delivered a speech claiming the South was invincible because this crop "is king."
Alan Olmstead and Paul Rhode argued that new varieties of this commodity were responsible for its rise in production, against a controversial book with chapters like "Feet," "Breath," and "Tongues." Seaman A. Knapp gave demonstrations on the Terrell Farm and elsewhere of methods for producing this good more efficiently on behalf of the General Education Board. The transition from "war capitalism" to modern capitalism frames a global history of this commodity by Sven Beckert. The Stalybridge riots occurred after a depression in Lancashire began during this good's "famine," which also led to increased production of it in Egypt. In a 2014 book, Ed Baptist argued that its productivity increased thanks to the development of more effective forms of torture. James Hammond delivered a speech claiming the South was invincible because this crop "is king." For 10 points, name this dominant export of the Confederate States of America.
Alan Olmstead and Paul Rhode argued that new varieties of this commodity were responsible for its rise in production, against a controversial book with chapters like "Feet," "Breath," and "Tongues."
cotton