Losing the Thread: Cotton, Liverpool and the American Civil War

by Powell

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This is the first full-length study of the effect of the American Civil War on Britain’s raw cotton trade and on the Liverpool cotton market. It includes an analysis of primary sources never used by historians.

Before the civil war, America supplied 80 per cent of Britain’s cotton. In August 1861, this fell to almost zero, where it remained for four years. Despite increased supplies from elsewhere, Britain’s largest industry received only 36 per cent of the raw material it needed from 1862-64. 

This book establishes the facts of Britain’s raw cotton supply during the war:...Read more
  • ISBN13 9781789622492
  • Publish Date 18 December 2020
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country GB
  • Imprint Liverpool University Press
  • Format Hardcover
  • Pages 256
  • Language English