The Cotton Kings: Capitalism and Corruption in Turn-of-the-century New York and New Orleans
- Submitting institution
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University of Newcastle upon Tyne
- Unit of assessment
- 28 - History
- Output identifier
- 218174-165941-1283
- Type
- A - Authored book
- DOI
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- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- ISBN
- 9780190211653
- Open access status
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- Month of publication
- December
- Year of publication
- 2015
- URL
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- Supplementary information
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
- No
- COVID-19 affected output statement
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- Forensic science
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- Criminology
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- Interdisciplinary
- No
- Number of additional authors
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1
- Research group(s)
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- Proposed double-weighted
- Yes
- Double-weighted statement
- The Cotton Kings, is the first book-length study of the history of cotton futures trading. It drew on extensive research in dozens of newspapers, government reports, federal district court records, organizational records, and archival collections in Louisiana, North Carolina, Liverpool, and elsewhere. Reviewers called it “a major scholarly achievement” (Economic History Review) and “an insightful, useful, and interesting book that blends the histories of business, the South, society, politics, and the environment” (American Historical Review). It was cited as a prime example of the history of white-collar crime in an introduction to a special edition of Business History.
- Reserve for an output with double weighting
- No
- Additional information
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- Author contribution statement
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- Non-English
- No
- English abstract
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