The Political Reconstruction of American Tobacco, 1862-1933.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

O'Connor, Patrick Mulford.

Series:

Reconstructing America Series

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (245 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Fordham University Press, 2025.

Summary:

A deeply researched and clearly argued account of the mutual growth of the federal government and the modern tobacco Nearly everything about the United States tobacco economy changed in the generation following the American Civil War.

Contents:

Cover

Series Editor

Title Page

Copyright

Dedication

Contents

Introduction

1. "An Acknowledged Power in the Land": Tobacconists, Taxation, and the Politics of Market Creation, 1862-1872

2. "A Hard Law at Best": The Political Economy of Tobacco Taxation from Depression to Surplus, 1873-1890

3. Tobacco's "Imperfect Knowledge": Governance, Classification, and Conflict in the World Tobacco Market, 1865-1890

4. "The Road to Prosperity": Power and the Politics of Quality on the Bright Tobacco Frontier, 1865-1900

5. The Health of the State: The USDA, Agricultural Hegemony, and the Federal Improvement of Tobacco Quality, 1890-1933

Conclusion: Revising Tobacco Politics in the Twentieth Century

Acknowledgments

Notes

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

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ISBN:

1-5315-1061-2

OCLC:

1518472417