Burley : Kentucky Tobacco in a New Century /

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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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Main Author: Ferrell, Ann K., 1972-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Lexington, Kentucky : University Press of Kentucky, 2013.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
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.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The Burley Tobacco Crop Year, Then and Now. Introduction to Part 1 ; Sowing the Seeds and Setting the Tobacco ; The Harvest through Preparation for Market ; Taking Tobacco to Market
  • The Shifting Meanings of Tobacco. Introduction to Part 2 ; Tobacco's Move from Self-Evident to Self-Conscious Tradition ; Tobacco under Attack : Hello, "Heritage"
  • Raising Burley Tobacco in a New Century. Introduction to Part 3 ; "Now is the good old days" : Burley Tobacco Production and Nostalgia ; "Why can't they just grow something else?" : The Challenges of "Replacing" Burley Tobacco.

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