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Sacred gifts, profane pleasures
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Marcy Norton |
"Before Columbus's fateful voyage in 1492, no European had ever seen, much less tasted, tobacco or chocolate. Initially dismissed as dry leaves and an odd Indian drink, these two commodities came to … |
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Tobacco goes to college
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Elizabeth Crisp Crawford |
"This is the first book to document the history of cigarette advertising on college and university campuses. When the Tobacco Institute, the organization that governed the tobacco industry, decided t… |
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The golden leaf
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Charlotte Cosner |
"Through the rise and fall of empires, ideologies, and economies, tobacco grown on the tiny island of Cuba has remained an enduring symbol of pleasure and extravagance. Cultivated as one of the first… |
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Smoke signals
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Jim Poling |
"When Europeans discovered tobacco among Amerindians in the New World, it became a long-sought panacea of panaceas, the critical ingredient in enemas, ointments, syrups, and powders employed to treat… |
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Challenge and change
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Champaka Basu |
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