The Politics of Despair: Power and Resistance in the Tobacco Wars
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Shortly after 1900, tens of thousands of tobacco growers throughout Kentucky and Tennessee convulsed the region for nearly a decade in a revolt against the monopolistic practices of the American Tobacco Company. Though the revolt known as the Tobacco Wars remains one of the more remarkable insurgencies of rural America, it is also one of the more misunderstood. In this first major account of the uprising in over half a century, Tracy Campbell tells...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0813191300
ISBN13:9780813191300
Release Date:March 2005
Publisher:University Press of Kentucky
Length:240 Pages
Weight:0.90 lbs.
Dimensions:0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"
Grade Range:Postsecondary and higher
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