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Author: Barbara M. Hahn (Texas Tech University)
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
Imprint: Johns Hopkins University Press
Dimensions:
Width: 15.20cm
, Height: 2.20cm
, Length: 22.90cm
Weight: 0.454kg
ISBN: 9781421402864
ISBN 10: 1421402866
Pages: 248
Publication Date: 10 January 2012
Recommended Age: From 17
Audience:
College/higher education
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Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: To order
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Reviews
A discerning analysis of not only how a commodity-tobacco-was shaped and defined by technology, but also how technology can be influenced by a commodity... This interesting, thorough history will appeal to readers and researchers alike. Highly recommended. Choice 2012 Thoroughly researched, engaging, and enjoyable...An excellent first book. -- James C. Giesen Environmental History 2012 Strongly argued and deeply researched. -- Evan P. Bennett Agricultural History 2012 Hahn has produced an important book, thoroughly researched and persuasively argued, that deserves a wide audience among American historians. Journal of American History 2012 Hahn has written an ambitious book that examines how Americans created a commodity whose roots were densely-perhaps inextricably-tangled with those of the growing nation. Her work deserves a broad readership among students of southern agriculture, economic history, and the history of science and technology. -- Max Grivno Journal of Southern History 2013
A discerning analysis of not only how a commodity-tobacco-was shaped and defined by technology, but also how technology can be influenced by a commodity... This interesting, thorough history will appeal to readers and researchers alike. Highly recommended. Choice 2012
A discerning analysis of not only how a commodity-tobacco-was shaped and defined by technology, but also how technology can be influenced by a commodity... This interesting, thorough history will appeal to readers and researchers alike. Highly recommended. Choice 2012 Thoroughly researched, engaging, and enjoyable...An excellent first book. -- James C. Giesen Environmental History 2012 Strongly argued and deeply researched. -- Evan P. Bennett Agricultural History 2012 Hahn has produced an important book, thoroughly researched and persuasively argued, that deserves a wide audience among American historians. Journal of American History 2012
Author Information
Author Website: http://www.webpages.ttu.edu/bahahn
Barbara Hahn is an assistant professor of history at Texas Tech University.
