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Author Prince, Eldred E., 1950-

Title Long green : the rise and fall of tobacco in South Carolina / Eldred E. Prince, Jr ; with Robert R. Simpson.

Publication Info. Athens : University of Georgia Press, [2000]
©2000

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Description 1 online resource (xix, 272 pages) : illustrations, map
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-263) and index.
Summary "Explores tobacco's influence in South Carolina from its beginnings in the colonial period to its heyday at the turn of the century, the impact of the Depression, the New Deal, and World War II, and on to present-day controversies about the health risks of smoking."--Jacket.
Contents 1. Tobacco Doth Here Grow Very Well, 1670-1810 -- 2. Years of the Locust, 1865-1885 -- 3. Pearl of the Pee Dee, 1885-1918 -- 4. Reform and Reaction, 1918-1926 -- 5. Abyss, 1926-1932 -- 6. Lord, Mr. Roosevelt, and Bright Leaf Redemption, 1933-1935 -- 7. War and Peace, 1936-1950 -- 8. Advance, Retreat, and Retrenchment, 1950-1990s.
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Subject Tobacco -- South Carolina -- History.
Tobacco.
South Carolina.
History.
Tobacco industry -- South Carolina -- History.
Tobacco industry.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Added Author Simpson, Robert R.
Other Form: Print version: Prince, Eldred E., 1950- Long green. Athens : University of Georgia Press, ©2000 0820321761 (DLC) 99043773 (OCoLC)42309688
ISBN 9780820344843 (electronic book)
0820344842 (electronic book)
0820321761
9780820321769