Duke, Maurice. <br/><br/>
Tobacco merchant :  the story of Universal Leaf Tobacco Company / 
Maurice Duke, Daniel P. Jordan. 
 - Lexington :  The University Press of Kentucky,  (c)2015., (c)1995. 
 - 1 online resource (241 pages) 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographies and index. 
<br/><br/>Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1 The Heritage; 2 Founding and Early Years; 3 The China Company Strikes Gold; 4 A New Profit Center to the North; Illustrations; 5 Cigar Leaf Tobacco; 6 The Depression and the Great War Years; 7 Postwar Growth at Home; 8 Postwar Growth Abroad; 9 A Worldwide Company; 10 Modern Foreign Operations; 11 A Changing Industry; 12 Diversification and Litigation; Epilogue: The 1990s and Beyond; Appendix 1: The History of Tobacco Consumption; Appendix 2: Universal Corporation Historical Data on Annual Earnings; Appendix 3: Tobacco Grades. Appendix 4: Company OfficersBibliographical Note; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z. 
<br/><br/> Maurice Duke and Daniel P. Jordan vividly describe the colorful life and times of one of the South's -- 
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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780813162683 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Corporate Names: </label><br/>Universal Leaf Tobacco Co.--History.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Tobacco industry--History.--United States<br/>Conglomerate corporations--History.--United States
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic Books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HD9139  / .T633 2015