The smoke of the gods : a social history of tobacco / Eric Burns.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Burns, Eric.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Tobacco use--History.

Tobacco--Social aspects.

Tobacco--United States--History.

Smoking--History.

Antismoking movement--History.

Antismoking movement--United States--History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (280 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

""Fox News Watch"" host Eric Burns, who chronicled the social history of alcohol in The Spirits of America turns to tobacco in The Smoke of the Gods. Ranging from ancient times to the present day, The Smoke of the Gods is a lively history of tobacco, especially in the United States. Although tobacco use is controversial in the U.S. today, Burns reminds us that this was not always the case. For centuries tobacco was generally thought to have medicinal and even spiritual value. Most of the signers of the Declaration of Independence were tobacco users or growers, or bot

Contents:

CONTENTS; INTRODUCTION The Ancient World; ONE The Old World; TWO The Enemies of Tobacco; THREE The Politics of Tobacco; FOUR The Rise of Tobacco; FIVE Rush to Judgment; SIX Ghost, Body, and Soul; SEVEN The Cigarette; EIGHT The Carry Nation of Tobacco; NINE The Last Good Time; TEN The Case against Tobacco; ELEVEN The Turning Point; EPILOGUE "The Ten O'Clock People"; Acknowledgments; Notes; Select Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [259]-264) and index.

ISBN:

9786611093723

9781281093721

1281093726

9781592134823

1592134823

OCLC:

476075136