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Author Burns, Eric.

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

Publication Info. Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 2007.

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 Moore Stacks  HV5730 .B87 2007    Available  ---
Description 270 pages ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-264) and index.
Contents Introduction: The ancient world -- The Old World -- The enemies of tobacco -- The politics of tobacco -- The rise of tobacco -- Rush to judgment -- Ghost, body, and soul -- The cigarette -- The Carry Nation of tobacco -- The last good time -- The case against tobacco -- The turning point -- Epilogue: "The ten o'clock people".
Subject Tobacco use -- History.
Tobacco use.
History.
Tobacco -- Social aspects.
Tobacco -- Social aspects.
Tobacco.
Tobacco -- United States -- History.
United States.
Smoking -- History.
Smoking.
Antismoking movement -- History.
Antismoking movement.
Antismoking movement -- United States -- History.
ISBN 1592134807 hardcover alkaline paper
9781592134809 hardcover alkaline paper
Standard No. 9781592134809