Tobacco merchant : the story of universal leaf tobacco company / Maurice Duke, Daniel P. Jordan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Duke, Maurice, author.

Jordan, Daniel P., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Conglomerate corporations--United States--History.

Conglomerate corporations.

Tobacco industry--United States--History.

Tobacco industry.

Universal Leaf Tobacco Co--History.

Universal Leaf Tobacco Co.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (241 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Lexington, Kentucky : The University Press of Kentucky, 1995.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Maurice Duke and Daniel P. Jordan vividly describe the colorful life and times of one of the South's -- and America's -- most important businesses and provide insight into how luck, management practices, and personalities helped the company rise to international prominence. Universal Leaf Tobacco Company, the world's largest independent leaf tobacco dealer, is one of the major buying arms for tobacco manufacturers worldwide, selecting, purchasing, processing, and storing leaf tobacco. The story opens during the aftermath of the Civil War when Southerners realized once again the worldwide poten

Contents:

Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1 The Heritage; 2 Founding and Early Years; 3 The China Company Strikes Gold; 4 A New Profit Center to the North; Illustrations; 5 Cigar Leaf Tobacco; 6 The Depression and the Great War Years; 7 Postwar Growth at Home; 8 Postwar Growth Abroad; 9 A Worldwide Company; 10 Modern Foreign Operations; 11 A Changing Industry; 12 Diversification and Litigation; Epilogue: The 1990s and Beyond; Appendix 1: The History of Tobacco Consumption; Appendix 2: Universal Corporation Historical Data on Annual Earnings; Appendix 3: Tobacco Grades

Appendix 4: Company OfficersBibliographical Note; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Includes index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed January 28, 2015).

ISBN:

0-8131-6268-8

OCLC:

622515573