The Golden Leaf : How Tobacco Shaped Cuba and the Atlantic World /

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""Tobacco is one of Cuba's best known commodities, yet its history has been clouded in myth and misconception. This work addresses the ways in which tobacco shaped Cuba and the Atlantic world in terms of culture, society, governmental control, and economics"--Provided by publishe...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Cosner, Charlotte, 1969-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Nashville : Vanderbilt University Press, [2014]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Tobacco industry.
Tobacco.
HISTORY > Caribbean & West Indies > Cuba.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Industries > General.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Economic History.
Tabac > Industrie > Amerique > Histoire.
Tabac > Industrie > Cuba > Histoire.
Tabac > Amerique > Histoire.
Tabac > Cuba > Histoire.
Tobacco industry > America > History.
Tobacco industry > Cuba > History.
Tobacco > America > History.
Tobacco > Cuba > History.
Cuba.
America.
Cuba > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Cuba > Histoire > 18e siecle.
Cuba > History > 19th century.
Cuba > History > 18th century.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Title Page; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. "The consumption ... is excessive"; 2. "Learnt by observation and experience"; 3. "One of the good growers"; 4. "A matter of chief importance"; 5. "Apply all of your attention to the laws"; 6. "I work with all my might to eradicate the evil"; 7. "Shipments of Havana tobacco not arriving due to the present war"; Epilogue; Glossary; Notes; Bibliography; Index.

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