Burley: Kentucky Tobacco in a New Century
(Part of the Kentucky Remembered: An Oral History Series Series)
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Once iconic American symbols, tobacco farms are gradually disappearing. It is difficult for many people to lament the loss of a crop that has come to symbolize addiction, disease, and corporate deception; yet, in Kentucky, the plant has played an important role in economic development and prosperity. Burley tobacco-a light, air-cured variety used in cigarette production-has long been the Commonwealth's largest cash crop and an important aspect of...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0813167582
ISBN13:9780813167589
Release Date:February 2016
Publisher:University Press of Kentucky
Length:330 Pages
Weight:1.07 lbs.
Dimensions:0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"
Age Range:18 years and up
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