A major new approach to the study of the social and economic history of colonial French West Africa, this book traces French efforts to establish a cotton expor

This detailed biography of a man who flourished in two very different worlds opens a new doorway into the societies of prerevolutionary France and postrevolutio

In the 1600s, over 350,000 intrepid English men, women, and children migrated to America, leaving behind their homeland for an uncertain future. Whether they se

The story of how African farmers, African-American scientists, and British businessmen struggled to turn colonial Africa into a major cotton exporter.