The Cotton Kings: Capitalism and Corruption in Turn-Of-The-Century New York and New Orleans

by Barbara Hahn and Bruce E. Baker

Book Overview

The Cotton Kings relates a colorful economic drama with striking parallels to contemporary American economic debates. At the turn of the twentieth century, dishonest cotton brokers used bad information to lower prices on the futures market, impoverishing millions of farmers. To fight this corruption, a small group of brokers sought to control the price of cotton on unregulated exchanges in New York and New Orleans. They triumphed, cornering the world...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0190211652
• ISBN13: 9780190211653
• Release Date: December 2015
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.3"