Making tobacco bright : creating an American commodity, 1617-1937 /
Barbara Hahn.
- Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, (c)2011.
- 1 online resource (x, 236 pages :) : illustrations, maps
Includes bibliographies and index.
Prologue -- Making tobacco Virginian -- Growing the business -- Death and taxes -- Ripeness is all -- Inventing tradition -- Stabilization -- Appendix 1: Essay on sources -- Appendix 2: The real thing : tobacco genetics.
9781421404813
Tobacco--History.--Virginia Tobacco industry--History.--Virginia Tobacco--History.--United States Tobacco industry--History.--United States Tobacco--History.--United States Tobacco--History.--Virginia Tobacco industry--History.--United States Tobacco industry--History.--Virginia United States--Commerce--History. Virginia--Commerce--History.