Long Green: The Rise and Fall of Tobacco in South Carolina - Brossura

Prince, Eldred E.; Simpson, Robert R.

 
9780820344478: Long Green: The Rise and Fall of Tobacco in South Carolina
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ISBN 10: 0820344478 ISBN 13: 9780820344478
Casa editrice: Univ of Georgia Pr, 2013

Sinossi

<p>The first comprehensive history of Bright Leaf tobacco culture of any state to appear in fifty years, this book explores tobacco's influence in South Carolina from its beginnings in the colonial period to its heyday at the turn of the century, the impact of the Depression, the New Deal, and World War II, and on to present-day controversies about health risks due to smoking.</p><p>The book examines the tobacco growers' struggle against the monopolistic practices of manufacturers, explains the failures of the cooperative reform movement and the Hoover administration's farm policies, and describes how Franklin Delano Roosevelt's New Deal rescued southern agriculture from the Depression and forged a lasting and successful partnership between tobacco farmers and government. The technological revolutions of the post-World War II era and subsequent tobacco economy hardships due to increasingly negative public perception of tobacco use are also highlighted.The book details the roles and motives of key individuals in the development of tobacco culture, including firsthand experiences related by farmers and warehousemen, and offers informed speculations on the future of tobacco culture. <i>Long Green</i> allows readers to better understand the full significance of this cash crop in the history and economy of South Carolina and the American South.</p>

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Informazioni sull'autore

<b>Eldred E. Prince Jr. (Author) </b><br> ELDRED E. PRINCE JR. is a professor of history at Coastal Carolina University.<br><br><b>Robert R. Simpson (Author) </b><br> ROBERT R. SIMPSON was a professor of history at Coker College and director of the Pee Dee Heritage Foundation.<br><br>

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Editore
Univ of Georgia Pr
Data di pubblicazione
2013
Lingua
Inglese
ISBN 10 
0820344478
ISBN 13 
9780820344478
Rilegatura
Copertina flessibile
Numero di pagine
272
Contatto del produttore
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9780820321769: Long Green: The Rise and Fall of Tobacco in South Carolina

Edizione in evidenza

ISBN 10:  0820321761 ISBN 13:  9780820321769
Casa editrice: Univ of Georgia Pr, 2000
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