The Golden Leaf : How Tobacco Shaped Cuba and the Atlantic World.
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- 9780826520340
- 338.4/76797097291
- HD9144.C92.C676 201
Cover -- Title Page -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. "The consumption...is excessive" -- 2. "Learnt by observation and experience" -- 3. "One of the good growers" -- 4. "A matter of chief importance" -- 5. "Apply all of your attention to the laws" -- 6. "I work with all my might to eradicate the evil" -- 7. "Shipments of Havana tobacco not arriving due to the present war" -- Epilogue -- Glossary -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
Tobacco's four hundred years as a global chess piece, a vital part of a fragile economy, and forbidden fruit of a Communist country.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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