Tobacco

Released on by Iain Gately
preview-18

  • Tobacco Book Detail

  • Author : Iain Gately
  • Release Date : 2007-12-01
  • Publisher : Open Road + Grove/Atlantic
  • Genre : History
  • Pages : 420
  • ISBN 13 : 0802198481
  • File Size : 77,77 MB
DOWNLOAD BOOK

Tobacco by Iain Gately PDF Summary

Book Description: “A rich, complex history . . . Deeply engaging and witty” (Los Angeles Times). Long before Columbus arrived in the New Word, tobacco was cultivated and enjoyed by the indigenous inhabitants of the Americas, who used it for medicinal, religious, and social purposes. But when Europeans began to colonize the American continents, it became something else entirely—a cultural touchstone of pleasure and success, and a coveted commodity that would transform the world economy forever. Iain Gately’s Tobacco tells the epic story of an unusual plant and its unique relationship with the history of humanity, from its obscure ancient beginnings, through its rise to global prominence, to its current embattled state today. In a lively narrative, Gately makes the case for the tobacco trade being the driving force behind the growth of the American colonies, the foundation of Dutch trading empire, the underpinning cause of the African slave trade, and the financial basis for victory in the American Revolution. Well-researched and wide-ranging, Tobacco is a vivid and provocative look at the surprising roles this plant has played in the culture of the world. “Ambitious . . . informative and perceptive . . . Gately is an amusing writer, which is a blessing.” —The Washington Post “Documents the resourcefulness with which human beings of every class, religion, race, and continent have pursued the lethal leaf.” —The New York Times Book Review

Disclaimer: www.yourbookbest.com does not own Tobacco books pdf, neither created or scanned. We just provide the link that is already available on the internet, public domain and in Google Drive. If any way it violates the law or has any issues, then kindly mail us via contact us page to request the removal of the link.

Tobacco

Tobacco

File Size : 51,51 MB
Total View : 4183 Views
DOWNLOAD

“A rich, complex history . . . Deeply engaging and witty” (Los Angeles Times). Long before Columbus arrived in the New Word, tobacco was cultivated and enjo

Tobacco Culture

Tobacco Culture

File Size : 54,54 MB
Total View : 8846 Views
DOWNLOAD

The great Tidewater planters of mid-eighteenth-century Virginia were fathers of the American Revolution. Perhaps first and foremost, they were also anxious toba

Tobacco in History

Tobacco in History

File Size : 84,84 MB
Total View : 4303 Views
DOWNLOAD

Jordan Goodman explores the historical transformation of tobacco from Amerindian shamanism to global capitalism, from the food of the spirits to the fatal epide

Tobacco Culture

Tobacco Culture

File Size : 66,66 MB
Total View : 6090 Views
DOWNLOAD

The great Tidewater planters of mid-eighteenth-century Virginia were fathers of the American Revolution. Perhaps first and foremost, they were also anxious toba