TY  - BOOK
AU  - Duke,Maurice
AU  - Jordan,Daniel P.
TI  - Tobacco merchant: the story of Universal Leaf Tobacco Company 
SN  - 9780813162683
AV  - HD9139 .T633 2015
PY  - 2015///., (c)1995
CY  - Lexington
PB  - The University Press of Kentucky
KW  - Universal Leaf Tobacco Co
KW  - History
KW  - Tobacco industry
KW  - United States
KW  - Conglomerate corporations
KW  - Electronic Books
N1  - 2; 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; 2; b
N2  - Maurice Duke and Daniel P. Jordan vividly describe the colorful life and times of one of the South's --
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