King Cotton Diplomacy by Owsley, Frank Lawrence - 1931

The University of Chicago Press, (1959). Octavo, red cloth (hardcover), gilt letters, xxiii, 614 pp. Missing ffep.;otherwise, Very Good, in a Good dust jacket with edgewear. From dust jacket: Throughout the greater part of the Civil War the King Cotton philosophy kept high the southern hopes for European intervention. Convinced that there was so substitute for southern cotton and that the lack of it would cripple European economy, the Confederate leaders were sure that England and France would eventually be forced to enter the war on their side. Until well into the third year of the war they acted on this theory, and it was hard for them to realize that neither England nor France would intervene. England, far fron languishing over the loss of southern cotton, was making enormous war profits. Her surplus stock of cotton was sold at a fabulous profit, her linen and woolen industries reaped unexpected harvests of gold, her munitions and steel industries enriched themselves, her shipbuilding was… Read More

Former library Hardcover in Good condtion. Aside from a few typical library markings, pages are clean, bright, and unmarked. Binding tight, no DJ.

THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO PRESS, 1959. Book. Fine. Hardcover. No owner marks in the book and little to no wear to the cover. us history.

Chicago 1959 University of Chicago. Hardcover thick octavo. Red cloth. 614p. Exlibrary with all usual library marks but text clean with no marks; binding secure. no dj. Just slight cover wear. Good Plus. excellent for research. .

University of Chicago Press, 1931. Hardcover. Acceptable. Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

University of Chicago Press. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1959. Second Edition. Hardcover. 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 617 pages .