Cigarettes, inc. : an intimate history of corporate imperialism / Nan Enstad.
Cigarettes, inc. : an intimate history of corporate imperialism / Nan Enstad.
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Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, 2018.
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G 2019/4110
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English
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xiii, 333 pages ; 24 cm
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
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volume
Contents
Preface: Who counts in the corporation? -- Introduction -- The bright leaf cigarette in the age of empire -- Corporate enchantment -- The bright leaf tobacco network -- Making a transnational cigarette factory labor force -- Of Camels and Ruby Queens -- The intimate dance of jazz and cigarettes -- W...
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Publisher
Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, 2018.
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Illinois
Date Published
2018.
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Summary
Traditional narratives of capitalist change often rely on the myth of the willful entrepreneur from the global North who transforms the economy and delivers modernity--for good or ill--to the rest of the world. With Cigarettes, Inc., Nan Enstad upends this story, revealing the myriad cross-cultural encounters that produced corporate life before Wor...
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Cigarettes, inc. : an intimate history of corporate imperialism / Nan Enstad.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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©2018
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G 2019/4110
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74VKVlVdjM5A
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9780226533285 hardcover ; alkaline paper
022653328X hardcover ; alkaline paper
9780226533315 paperback ; alkaline paper
022653331X paperback ; alkaline paper
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338.7679730973
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991024261619702626