The politics of despair : power and resistance in the Tobacco Wars /

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Shortly after 1900, tens of thousands of tobacco growers throughout Kentucky and Tennessee convulsed the region for nearly a decade in a revolt against the monopolistic practices of the American Tobacco Company. Though the revolt known as the Tobacco Wars remains one of the more remarkable insurgenc...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Campbell, Tracy, 1962-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lexington, Kentucky : University Press of Kentucky, 2005.
Temas:
American Tobacco Company > History.
American Tobacco Company
Tobacco industry > Kentucky > History.
Tobacco industry > Tennessee > History.
Tobacco workers > Kentucky > History.
Tobacco workers > Tennessee > History.
Tabac > Industrie > Kentucky > Histoire.
Tabac > Industrie > Tennessee > Histoire.
Travailleurs du tabac > Kentucky > Histoire.
Travailleurs du tabac > Tennessee > Histoire.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Labor.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Labor & Industrial Relations.
HISTORY > Modern > 20th Century.
Tobacco industry
Tobacco workers
Kentucky
Tennessee
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Illustrations, Maps, and Tables; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. A Legacy of Peonage; 2. Monopoly Comes to the Tobacco Belt; 3. Organizing the Black Patch; 4. Rumors of War; 5. Night Riders; 6. Organizing the Bluegrass; 7. Farmers on Strike; 8. The Demise of Agrarian Cooperation; 9. The Decline of the Countryside; Appendix; Notes; Bibliographical Essay; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W.

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