Tobacco capitalism : growers, migrant workers, and the changing face of a global industry / Peter Benson ; foreword by Allan M. Brandt.

"Tells the story of the people who live and work on U.S. tobacco farms at a time when the global tobacco industry is undergoing profound changes. Against the backdrop of the antitobacco movement, the globalization and industrialization of agriculture, and intense debates over immigration, Peter...

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Online Access: Full Text (via ProQuest)
Main Author: Benson, Peter, 1979-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Princeton : Princeton University Press, ©2012.
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Table of Contents:
  • Part I. The Tobacco Industry, Public Health, and Agrarian Change: Most admired company
  • The jungle
  • Enemies of tobacco; Part II Innocence and blame in American society: Good, clean tobacco
  • El campo
  • Sorriness.