Download or read book The Rise of Cotton Mills in the South written by Broadus Mitchell and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2016-04-06 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "[...] THE RISE OF COTTON MILLS IN THE SOUTH CHAPTER I THE BACKGROUND This opening chapter undertakes a broad survey in brief compass of the historical and economic background out of which the cotton manufacturing industry of the South, as a distinct development, emerged. Thus to begin the story of the rise of the mills with discussion of a period which commences a century in advance, is not unlike the production of a [...]".