Campbell, Tracy.

The Politics of Despair : Power and Resistance in the Tobacco Wars. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (238 pages)

Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Illustrations, Maps, and Tables -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. A Legacy of Peonage -- 2. Monopoly Comes to the Tobacco Belt -- 3. Organizing the Black Patch -- 4. Rumors of War -- 5. Night Riders -- 6. Organizing the Bluegrass -- 7. Farmers on Strike -- 8. The Demise of Agrarian Cooperation -- 9. The Decline of the Countryside -- Appendix -- Notes -- Bibliographical Essay -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W.

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American Tobacco Company -- History.
Tobacco industry -- Kentucky -- History.
Tobacco industry -- Tennessee -- History.
Tobacco workers -- Kentucky -- History.
Tobacco workers -- Tennessee -- History.


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