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Once iconic American symbols, tobacco farms are gradually disappearing. It is difficult for many people to lament the loss of a crop that has come to symbolize addiction, disease, and corporate deception; yet, in Kentucky, the plant has played an important role in economic development and prosperity...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Ferrell, Ann K., 1972-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lexington, Kentucky : University Press of Kentucky, 2013.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Tobacco > Social aspects.
Tobacco farms.
Tobacco farmers.
Social change.
Oral history.
Manners and customs.
Economic history.
Burley tobacco.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV)
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Agriculture > Agronomy > Crop Science.
Tabac > Aspect social > Kentucky.
Histoire orale > Kentucky.
Tabaculteurs > Kentucky > Biographies.
Plantations de tabac > Kentucky.
Tabac Burley > Kentucky > Histoire.
Tabac Burley > Kentucky.
Social change > Kentucky.
Tobacco > Social aspects > Kentucky.
Oral history > Kentucky.
Tobacco farmers > Kentucky > Biography.
Tobacco farms > Kentucky.
Burley tobacco > Kentucky > History.
Burley tobacco > Kentucky.
Kentucky.
Kentucky > Conditions economiques.
Kentucky > Moeurs et coutumes.
Kentucky > Economic conditions.
Kentucky > Social life and customs.
History.
Biographies.
Electronic books.
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Descripción
Sumario:Once iconic American symbols, tobacco farms are gradually disappearing. It is difficult for many people to lament the loss of a crop that has come to symbolize addiction, disease, and corporate deception; yet, in Kentucky, the plant has played an important role in economic development and prosperity. Burley tobacco - a light, air-cured variety used in cigarette production - has long been the Commonwealth's largest cash crop and an important aspect of regional identity, along with bourbon, bluegrass music, and thoroughbred horses. The author investigates the rapidly transforming process of raising and selling tobacco by chronicling her conversations with the farmers who know the crop best.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (330 pages).
ISBN:9780813142357

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