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Making tobacco bright

Hahn, Barbara, 1967-

Making tobacco bright creating an American commodity, 1617-1937 / [electronic resource] : Barbara Hahn. - Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2011. - 1 online resource (x, 236 p. :) ill., maps ; - Johns Hopkins studies in the history of technology . - Johns Hopkins studies in the history of technology (Unnumbered) UPCC book collections on Project MUSE. .

Includes bibliographical references (p. 192-217) and index.

Prologue -- Making tobacco Virginian -- Growing the business -- Death and taxes -- Ripeness is all -- Inventing tradition -- Stabilization -- Appendix 1: Essay on sources -- Appendix 2: The real thing : tobacco genetics.

9781421404813 1421404818




Tobacco--History.--Virginia
Tobacco industry--History.--Virginia
Tobacco--History.--United States
Tobacco industry--History.--United States


Virginia--Commerce--History.
United States--Commerce--History.


Electronic books.

HD9135 / .H34 2011

338.1/737109730903