The cigarette : a political history / Sarah Milov.
The cigarette : a political history / Sarah Milov.
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Publisher
Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2019.
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G 2019/5328
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Language
English
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Physical content
394 pages ; 25 cm
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Tobacco in industrializing America -- Tobacco's New Deal -- Cultivating the grower -- The challenge of the public interest -- Inventing the non-smoker -- From rights to cost -- Shredding a net to build a web -- Conclusion: "Weeds are hard to kill": the future of tobacco politics.
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Publisher
Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2019.
Place of Publication
Massachusetts
Date Published
2019.
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Summary
The Cigarette: A Political History offers a fresh interpretation of tobacco's role in the twentieth century. It argues that tobacco played a vital and emblematic role in the history of twentieth century political economy. Far from being unregulated, tobacco was the most controlled and supported commodity produced in the United States during the twe...
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The cigarette : a political history / Sarah Milov.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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©2019
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G 2019/5328
Record Identifier
74VKV5lOPZgM
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKV5lOPZgM
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ISBN
0674241215 hardcover
9780674241213 hardcover
DDC
338.476797309730904
MMS ID
991024272696502626
