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The purpose of this book is to observe and understand the history of tobacco culture in South Carolina. Given the negative image smoking has acquired, one might ask, Why study tobacco at all? and why especially in South Carolina? For better or worse, tobacco is thoroughly American. Indians grew and...

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Published inLong Green p. xv
Main Authors Eldred E. Prince, ROBERT R. SIMPSON
Format Book Chapter
LanguageEnglish
Published University of Georgia Press 01.01.2013
Subjects
Agricultural products
Agricultural sciences
Agriculture
Agronomy
Applied arts
Architecture
Armed conflict
Arts
Behavioral sciences
Biological sciences
Buildings
Business
Business administration
Cigar smoking
Cigarette smoking
Cigarettes
Civil wars
Consumer goods industries
Corporate communications
Cotton
Crops
External corporate communications
Fiber crops
Field crops
Human behavior
Industrial sectors
Industry
Manufacturing industries
Marketing
Military science
Plant products
Political science
Recreational drug use
Specialty crops
Storage facilities
Tobacco
Tobacco industry
Tobacco products
Tobacco smoking
Tobacco use
War
War theaters
Warehouses
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Summary:The purpose of this book is to observe and understand the history of tobacco culture in South Carolina. Given the negative image smoking has acquired, one might ask, Why study tobacco at all? and why especially in South Carolina? For better or worse, tobacco is thoroughly American. Indians grew and smoked tobacco for centuries before teaching its culture to European and African newcomers. Not only did the weed become an important export, but as the nation grew, a substantial domestic market evolved as well. Cigars, pipes, snuff, and “chew” became fixtures of everyday life. In the 1880s, technology introduced another
ISBN:0820321761
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