How Cotton Changed the World, Part 2

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Banjo Strings and Drinking Gourds

Frontier Culture Museum of Virginia

62 episodes

4 days ago

History podcast of the Frontier Culture Museum of Virginia covering topics like medicine, architecture, slavery, and 17th, 18th, and 19th century daily life from a living history museum.

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History podcast of the Frontier Culture Museum of Virginia covering topics like medicine, architecture, slavery, and 17th, 18th, and 19th century daily life from a living history museum.

History

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How Cotton Changed the World, Part 2

Banjo Strings and Drinking Gourds

42 minutes 53 seconds

2 years ago

How Cotton Changed the World, Part 2

In this second half, we discuss the changes cotton production brought to the United States. Mechanization and factory towns shifted the economics not only of sleepy agricultural communities, but the country as a whole. Of course, factory work brought its own significant problems, but we really can't deny the long-term impact of cotton on the formation of the modern world.

Intro Music: Zac Bell

Transition Music: Beethoven, Sonata No. 4 in E Flat Major, Op. 7-III. Allegro, Paul Pitman

Exit Music: Jean Claude Hatungimana

Cover Art: Emily Noble Day