Author: E. R. BILLINGS
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 502
Book Description
Tobacco: its history, variety, culture, etc
Author: E. R. BILLINGS
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 502
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 502
Book Description
Tobacco: its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture, and Commerce
Author: E. R. Billings
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3382834847
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 490
Book Description
Reprint of the original, first published in 1875. The publishing house Anatiposi publishes historical books as reprints. Due to their age, these books may have missing pages or inferior quality. Our aim is to preserve these books and make them available to the public so that they do not get lost.
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3382834847
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 490
Book Description
Reprint of the original, first published in 1875. The publishing house Anatiposi publishes historical books as reprints. Due to their age, these books may have missing pages or inferior quality. Our aim is to preserve these books and make them available to the public so that they do not get lost.
Tobacco
Author: Iain Gately
Publisher: Open Road + Grove/Atlantic
ISBN: 0802198481
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 420
Book Description
“A rich, complex history . . . Deeply engaging and witty” (Los Angeles Times). Long before Columbus arrived in the New Word, tobacco was cultivated and enjoyed by the indigenous inhabitants of the Americas, who used it for medicinal, religious, and social purposes. But when Europeans began to colonize the American continents, it became something else entirely—a cultural touchstone of pleasure and success, and a coveted commodity that would transform the world economy forever. Iain Gately’s Tobacco tells the epic story of an unusual plant and its unique relationship with the history of humanity, from its obscure ancient beginnings, through its rise to global prominence, to its current embattled state today. In a lively narrative, Gately makes the case for the tobacco trade being the driving force behind the growth of the American colonies, the foundation of Dutch trading empire, the underpinning cause of the African slave trade, and the financial basis for victory in the American Revolution. Well-researched and wide-ranging, Tobacco is a vivid and provocative look at the surprising roles this plant has played in the culture of the world. “Ambitious . . . informative and perceptive . . . Gately is an amusing writer, which is a blessing.” —The Washington Post “Documents the resourcefulness with which human beings of every class, religion, race, and continent have pursued the lethal leaf.” —The New York Times Book Review
Publisher: Open Road + Grove/Atlantic
ISBN: 0802198481
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 420
Book Description
“A rich, complex history . . . Deeply engaging and witty” (Los Angeles Times). Long before Columbus arrived in the New Word, tobacco was cultivated and enjoyed by the indigenous inhabitants of the Americas, who used it for medicinal, religious, and social purposes. But when Europeans began to colonize the American continents, it became something else entirely—a cultural touchstone of pleasure and success, and a coveted commodity that would transform the world economy forever. Iain Gately’s Tobacco tells the epic story of an unusual plant and its unique relationship with the history of humanity, from its obscure ancient beginnings, through its rise to global prominence, to its current embattled state today. In a lively narrative, Gately makes the case for the tobacco trade being the driving force behind the growth of the American colonies, the foundation of Dutch trading empire, the underpinning cause of the African slave trade, and the financial basis for victory in the American Revolution. Well-researched and wide-ranging, Tobacco is a vivid and provocative look at the surprising roles this plant has played in the culture of the world. “Ambitious . . . informative and perceptive . . . Gately is an amusing writer, which is a blessing.” —The Washington Post “Documents the resourcefulness with which human beings of every class, religion, race, and continent have pursued the lethal leaf.” —The New York Times Book Review
Golden-Silk Smoke
Author: Carol Benedict
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520262778
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 351
Book Description
"Tobacco has been pervasive in China almost since its introduction from the Americas in the mid-sixteenth century. One-third of the world's smokers--over 350 million--now live in China, and they account for 25 percent of worldwide smoking-related deaths. This book examines the deep roots of China's contemporary "cigarette culture" and smoking epidemic and provides one of the first comprehensive histories of Chinese consumption in global and comparative perspective"--Provided by publisher.
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520262778
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 351
Book Description
"Tobacco has been pervasive in China almost since its introduction from the Americas in the mid-sixteenth century. One-third of the world's smokers--over 350 million--now live in China, and they account for 25 percent of worldwide smoking-related deaths. This book examines the deep roots of China's contemporary "cigarette culture" and smoking epidemic and provides one of the first comprehensive histories of Chinese consumption in global and comparative perspective"--Provided by publisher.
Global Trade and the Transformation of Consumer Cultures
Author: Beverly Lemire
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 0521192560
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 399
Book Description
Charts the rise of consumerism and the new cosmopolitan material cultures that took shape across the globe from 1500 to 1820.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 0521192560
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 399
Book Description
Charts the rise of consumerism and the new cosmopolitan material cultures that took shape across the globe from 1500 to 1820.
Tobacco Culture
Author: T. H. Breen
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780691005966
Category : Plantation life
Languages : en
Pages : 216
Book Description
The great Tidewater planters of mid-eighteenth-century Virginia were fathers of the American Revolution. Perhaps first and foremost, they were also anxious tobacco farmers, harried by a demanding planting cycle, trans-Atlantic shipping risks, and their uneasy relations with English agents. George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and their contemporaries lived in a world that was dominated by questions of debt from across an ocean but also one that stressed personal autonomy. T. H. Breen's study of this tobacco culture focuses on how elite planters gave meaning to existence. He examines the value-laden relationships--found in both the fields and marketplaces--that led from tobacco to politics, from agrarian experience to political protest, and finally to a break with the political and economic system that they believed threatened both personal independence and honor.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780691005966
Category : Plantation life
Languages : en
Pages : 216
Book Description
The great Tidewater planters of mid-eighteenth-century Virginia were fathers of the American Revolution. Perhaps first and foremost, they were also anxious tobacco farmers, harried by a demanding planting cycle, trans-Atlantic shipping risks, and their uneasy relations with English agents. George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and their contemporaries lived in a world that was dominated by questions of debt from across an ocean but also one that stressed personal autonomy. T. H. Breen's study of this tobacco culture focuses on how elite planters gave meaning to existence. He examines the value-laden relationships--found in both the fields and marketplaces--that led from tobacco to politics, from agrarian experience to political protest, and finally to a break with the political and economic system that they believed threatened both personal independence and honor.
The Techno-chemical Receipt Book
Author: William Theodore Brannt
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Chemistry, Technical
Languages : en
Pages : 604
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Chemistry, Technical
Languages : en
Pages : 604
Book Description
Cellulose, Cellulose Products, and Artificial Rubber
Author: Josef Bersch
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Cellulose
Languages : en
Pages : 416
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Cellulose
Languages : en
Pages : 416
Book Description
The Indicator and Dynamometer, with Their Practical Applications to the Steam-engine
Author: Thomas Main
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Dynamometer
Languages : en
Pages : 118
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Dynamometer
Languages : en
Pages : 118
Book Description
Studies of Blast Furnace Phenomena
Author: M. Gruner
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3368852582
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 222
Book Description
Reprint of the original, first published in 1874.
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3368852582
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 222
Book Description
Reprint of the original, first published in 1874.