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The cotton gin
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The cotton gin
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Explains the mechanics of the cotton gin, invented in the late eighteenth century by Eli Whitney, and describes how it enabled, tragically, the vast expansion of the American slave trade.
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Title
The cotton gin
Call No
633.5 MEL
Authors
Meltzer, Milton, 1915-
Subjects
Cotton manufacture.
Cotton.
Language
English
Published
New York : Benchmark Books/M. Cavendish, c2004.
Publication Desc
123 p. : ill. (some col.) ;
ISBN
0761415378
LCCN
2002015308
Series
Great inventions Great inventions (Benchmark Books (Firm))
Target Audience
5-8
6.0
Dimensions
25 cm.