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Tobacco History

Books on: tobacco history

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Smokeless Tobacco in the Western World, 1550-1950

Book by Jan Rogoziνski; Praeger Publishers, 1990

Subjects:

Smokeless Tobacco--History

Collections: History, Entire Library

This book provides the first comprehensive history of smokeless tobacco consumption from 1550 through the middle of the 20th century in Europe and North America. Focusing throughout on the individual consumer of tobacco, author Jan Rogonzinski presents and analyzes consumption data and summarizes ...
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This book provides the first comprehensive history of smokeless tobacco consumption from 1550 through the middle of the 20th century in Europe and North America. Focusing throughout on the individual consumer of tobacco, author Jan Rogonzinski presents and analyzes consumption data and summarizes the economic and other factors that have affected consumer choices. Of particular significance is a chapter on the governmental regulation of the marketing of tobacco that indicates an economic linkage between the new and the old worlds in the use of state-granted monopolies to market tobacco in Europe.
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The Tobacco Adventure to Russia: Enterprise, Politics, and Diplomacy in the Quest for a Northern Market for English Colonial Tobacco, 1676-1722

Book by Jacob M. Price; American Philosophical Society, 1961

Subjects:

Tobacco Industry--Great Britain--History

Collections: Entire Library

...has attempted to fit the history of the Russian Tobacco Company into the broader...13 An essay on bulk tobacco, History of the dividing line and...Brooks Jerome E., ed., Tobacco, its history illustrated by the books...
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The R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company

Book by Nannie M. Tilley; University of North Carolina Press, 1985

Subjects:

R.J. Reynolds Industries--History, Tobacco Industry--United States--History

Collections: Entire Library

...Includes index. 1. R. J. Reynolds Industries--History. 2. Tobacco industry--United States--History. I. Title...the United States. It is, I believe, the first history of a major tobacco company based primarily on a direct interpretation...
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Tobacco Coast: A Maritime History of Chesapeake Bay in the Colonial Era

Book by Arthur Pierce Middleton, George Carrington Mason; Mariners Museum, 1953

Subjects:

Chesapeake Bay (Md. And Va.), Tobacco Industry--Maryland, Tobacco Industry--Virginia

Collections: History, Entire Library

...London , 1751. TOBACCO COAST A Maritime History of CHESAPEAKE BAY...Containing the History of Virginia . London...found the expression "Tobacco Coast" in any colonial...agricultural aspect of the history of tobacco. Just as a condemned...
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Tobacco Control Laws: Implementation and Enforcement

Book by Peter D. Jacobson, Jeffrey Wasserman; Rand, 1997

Subjects:

Smoking--Law And Legislation--United States, Tobacco--Law And Legislation--United States

Collections: Entire Library

The authors find that tobacco control legislation can be effectively implemented and enforced locally by the public, business establishments, and tobacco vendors.

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Journal Articles on: tobacco history

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Should I Quit? Tobacco, Fraught Identity, and the Risks of Governmentality in Urban China

Journal article by Matthew Kohrman; Urban Anthropology & Studies of Cultural Systems & World Economic Development, Vol. 33, 2004

Subjects:

Tobacco industry--Economic aspects, Tobacco industry--Finance

Collections: Entire Library

...and Bin Xu (1992). Yah Wenhua (Tobacco Culture). Beijing: China Social...Introduction: Toward an Urban History of Science. Science and the City...Zhuanyan Chang Fazhan Shi (Bright Yu Tobacco: History of the Yunnan Yuxi Tobacco Factorys...
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The Export of U.S. Tobacco Products to Developing Countries and Previously Closed Markets

Journal article by Heidi S. Gruner; Law and Policy in International Business, Vol. 28, 1996

Subjects:

Developing countries--International trade, International trade--Social aspects, Tobacco industry--International trade

Collections: Entire Library

...Kingdom of Tobacco, Beijing Xinhua, May 13, 1992, reprinted in F.B.I.S., CHI-92-094, May 14, 1992, at 32. The countys history of tobacco farming extends back three centuries. See id. In addition, according to the acting director of the Tianjin Cigarette...
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Punctuated Equilibrium in Limbo: The Tobacco Lobby and U.S. State Policymaking from 1990 to 2003

Journal article by Michael Givel; Policy Studies Journal, Vol. 34, 2006

Subjects:

American Lung Association--Political activity, Antismoking movement--Analysis, Antismoking movement--History, Tobacco industry--Laws, regulations and rules, Tobacco industry--Political activity

Collections: Entire Library

Punctuated Equilibrium in Limbo: The Tobacco Lobby and U.S. State Policymaking from...Givel Introduction During the 1990s, tobacco use came under increasingly intense political...advocates who advocated for increased tobacco taxes and stronger tobacco-use regulations...
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British Mercantilism and Crop Controls in the Tobacco Colonies: A Study of Rent-Seeking Costs

Journal article by Gary M. Pecquet; The Cato Journal, Vol. 22, 2003

Subjects:

American colonialism--Agricultural policy, American colonialism--Economic aspects, Economic development--History, Economic development--United Kingdom, Mercantilism--History, Tobacco industry--History, Tobacco industry--Laws, regulations and rules

Collections: Entire Library

...The Mighty Leaf Tobacco through the Centuries...1907) An Economic History of Virginia in the...American Economic History. 2d ed. London...R. (1980) "The Tobacco Industry in the...Journal of Economic History 49 (2) 407-18. Middleton, A. P. (1953) Tobacco Coast. Newport News...
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Why Have We Been More Successful in Reducing Tobacco Use Than Violent Crime? [1]

Journal article by Anthony Biglan, Ted K. Taylor; American Journal of Community Psychology, Vol. 28, 2000

Subjects:

Deviant behavior--Psychological aspects, Social action--Psychological aspects, Tobacco habit--Prevention, Violent crimes--Prevention

Collections: Psychology, Entire Library

...that reducing illegal sales of tobacco will prevent youthful addiction...also a function of the persons history of consequences for behaving...the field of tobacco control. Tobacco control practices emerged in...public health field, which has a history of basing its practices on...

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Magazine Articles on: tobacco history

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Call It a 'Stinking Wed,' Just Don't Try to Ban It

Magazine article by Stephen Goode; Insight on the News, Vol. 13, June 16, 1997

Subjects:

Antismoking movement--History, Smoking--History, Tobacco--History

Collections: Entire Library

...have been dangerous to health on many occasions." Worthy of legislative attention or not, tobacco certainly played a major role in American history. American Indians smoked the native variety, Nicotiana rustica, a strong, bitter tobacco, long...
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Big Tobacco : Uncovering the Industry's Multibillion-Dollar Global Smuggling Network

Magazine article by Mark Schapiro; The Nation, Vol. 274, May 6, 2002

Subjects:

British-American Tobacco Company Ltd.--Cases, Colombia, Crime, Philip Morris Companies Inc.--Cases, Smuggling--Investigations, Tobacco industry--Investigations

Collections: Entire Library

...longtime role as renowned smugglers. That history predates even the formation of modern...commercial relationships stretching from the tobacco farms of the southeast United States to...Bogota, indicate how smuggling served the tobacco companies long-term interests. The boom...
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Rolling Tobacco in the South Means Rolling in the Dough

Magazine article by Tiffany Danitz, Jennifer G. Hickey; Insight on the News, Vol. 13, June 16, 1997

Subjects:

North Carolina--Business and industry, Political campaigns--Finance, Tobacco industry--Political activity, Tobacco--Taxation

Collections: Entire Library

...Japanese markets. In North Carolina tobacco represents history, culture and maybe destiny. It has been...it jumped to 5 cents, according to the tobacco Institute. This states economy has a history of reliance on agriculture. Gibbs calls...
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Big Tobacco Cuts a Beautiful Deal

Magazine article by Peter Pringle; New Statesman, Vol. 127, February 20, 1998

Subjects:

Tobacco industry--Cases

Collections: Entire Library

...quite as challenging as defeating them in court. Last summer, after the costliest civil action in US business history, the tobacco giants were forced to the negotiating table by an avalanche of lawsuits, a mountain of new evidence and enthusiasm...
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Do We Need a Tobacco Bill?: Emphatically Yes, and Now

Magazine article by John J. Lynch; World and I, Vol. 13, July 1998

Subjects:

Smoking and youth--Laws, regulations and rules, Tobacco industry--Laws, regulations and rules, Youth smoking--Laws, regulations and rules

Collections: Entire Library

...up the most important legislation in the history of the tobacco industry. The current proposals, along...could bring long-overdue reform to Americas tobacco status quo. As it is now, national tobacco control legislation would plow at least...

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Newspaper Articles on: tobacco history

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Study Snuffs Tobacco Company's Claims

Newspaper article; The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR), December 16, 2006

Subjects:

Children, Tobacco industry

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...campaign, if only because of its history of covering up and lying about...anti-smoking advertising by tobacco companies. Earlier research...pointing out the industrys history of manipulating information...Proper anti-smoking ads work. Tobacco industry ones backfire." Sutton...
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Tobacco Roadkill; UNC Leaves Charlotte for Final Four

Newspaper article; The Washington Times, March 30, 2008

Subjects:

Tobacco industry

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...ImagesUNC reserve Danny Green scored 11 points as the Tar Heels beat the Cardinals. Photo by Getty Images; North Carolina advanced to the 17th Final Four in the programs history after it dispatched Louisville last night. Photo by Associated Press
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A Breath of Fresh Air; Housing Plan for Tobacco Factory in Association with Fish4homes

Newspaper article; Liverpool Echo (Liverpool, England), September 26, 2007

Subjects:

Historic buildings, Housing developers--Planning, Real estate industry--Planning, Tobacco industry--Planning

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...in the city for more than 100 years. Now the former Ogdens tobacco site in West Derby Road is set to be given a new lease of life...that any building work will be sympathetic to the buildings history. "Our proposals are carefully planned," says Andrew. "We want...
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Class-Action Status OK'd in Tobacco Case; 'Light' Cigarette Smokers File Largest Suit to Date

Newspaper article; The Washington Times, September 26, 2006

Subjects:

Class action lawsuits--Cases, Class actions (Civil procedure)--Cases, Smokers--Cases, Smoking--Cases, Tobacco industry--Cases

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...the largest class-action lawsuit in U.S. history, with 50 million plaintiffs, and puts Big Tobacco at risk for at least $200 billion. Phillip...include R.J. Reynolds, Brown and Williamson Tobacco Corp., Loewes Corps Lorillard Tobacco Co...
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Ilocos Sur Governor Lauds P10 Hike in Floor Prices of Tobacco; Says It Encourages Thousands of Farmers to Produce More

Newspaper article; Manila Bulletin, December 18, 2007

Subjects:

Farmers, Tobacco industry--Prices and rates

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...P50.00; E - P49.00; F1 - P45.00; F2 - P42.00; and R - P23.00. It was noted that it was the first time in the history of the tobacco tripartite conference that an increase of P10 per kilo was approved. The usual increase in the tobacco floor prices...

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Encyclopedia Articles on: tobacco history

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Tobacco

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...Zimbabwe are the other chief producing countries, and Russia, Japan, and Germany are the major importers. Early History The use of tobacco originated among the indigenous inhabitants of the Western Hemisphere in pre-Columbian times. Tobacco was...
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Tobacco Nation

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...in 1649 the wrathful Iroquois attacked. The remnants of the Tobacco Nation, with the Huron, were forced to flee to a region SW...Mackinac; soon after they assimilated into one tribe, known to history as the Wyandot (see under Huron ). In 1990 there were some...
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Beer, George Louis

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...historian, b. Staten Island, N.Y. He was a tobacco importer for 10 years but also lectured on European history at Columbia from 1893 to 1897. After 1903...colonial policy. His works revolutionized history-writing about the American colonies. These...
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Virginia , State, United States

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...and income generation. Tobacco, Virginias traditional...College, at Petersburg. History Early Settlements...Sir Samuel Argall . Tobacco, first cultivated by...the first in English history. Partly because the English...profits of the expanding tobacco and fur trade. This prosperous...
5.

United States

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...cheese, corn, soybeans, and tobacco. The United States is also...President and the Vice President. History European Exploration and...the first president in the history of the republic to be driven...highest public approval rating in history. Mounting domestic problems...

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