Making Tobacco Bright: Creating an American Commodity,1617-1937

摘要

As a plant, tobacco is a single entity. As a commodity, however, it is many. Barbara Hahn's argument in this thoroughly researched, engaging, and enjoyable book is that technology is the force that has "typed" this single "noxious weed" as burley, bright, or, if we want to be more specific, North Carolina Bright Flue-Cured Cigarette Tobacco.