When tobacco was king : families, farm labor, and Federal policy in the Piedmont /

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Tobacco has left an indelible mark on the American South, shaping the land and culture throughout the twentieth-century. In the last few decades, advances in technology and shifts in labor and farming policy have altered the way of life for tobacco farmers: family farms have largely been replaced by...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Bennett, Evan P.
Autor Corporativo: University Press of Florida
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Gainesville/Tallahassee/Tampa/Boca Raton/Pensacola/Orlando/Miami/Jacksonville/Ft. Myers/Sarasota : University Press of Florida, [2014]
Temas:
1900-1999
Tobacco > Piedmont (U.S. : Region) > History.
Flue-cured tobacco > Piedmont (U.S. : Region) > History.
Tobacco farmers > Piedmont (U.S. : Region) > Economic conditions > 20th century.
Farms, Small > Government policy > History > 20th century.
Tabac > Piedmont (États-Unis : Région) > Histoire.
Tabac jaune > Piedmont (États-Unis : Région) > Histoire.
Tabaculteurs > Piedmont (États-Unis : Région) > Conditions économiques > 20e siècle.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Industries > General.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV)
Farms, Small > Government policy.
Flue-cured tobacco.
Tobacco.
United States > Piedmont Region.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of Figures; Acknowledgments; Introduction: A Hornworm's-Eye View of the Tobacco South; 1. Family; 2. Hands; 3. Tobacco-Raising Fools; 4. Cooperation; 5. Stabilization; 6. Untied; 7. Buyout; Conclusion: A Dead End for Tobacco Road?; Notes; Bibliography; Index.

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