A History of the Hemp Industry in Kentucky /

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It is hard to believe that at one time burley tobacco was not the chief cash crop in Kentucky. Yet for more than half a century hemp dominated the state's agricultural production. James Hopkins surveys the hemp industry in Kentucky from its beginning through its complete demise at the end of Wo...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hopkins, James F. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Lexington : The University Press of Kentucky, 1998.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Chanvre > Industrie et commerce > États-Unis > Kentucky > Histoire.
Hennep.
Hemp industry.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV)
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Industries > General.
Chanvre > Industrie > Kentucky > Histoire.
Hemp industry > Kentucky > History.
Kentucky.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; Preface; Introduction; I. The Hemp Farm; II. Management and Sale of the Crop; Illustrations; III. Prices and Production to 1861; IV. Manufacturing to 1861; V. Production of Hemp for Marine Use; VI. The Decline of the Industry; Bibliographical Note; Updated Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y.

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