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Autore |
Van Willigen John |
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Titolo |
Tobacco culture : farming Kentucky's burley belt / / John Van Willigen, Susan C. Eastwood |
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Lexington, Kentucky : , : University Press of Kentucky, , 1998 |
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©1998 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (224 p.) |
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Collana |
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Kentucky Remembered: An Oral History Series |
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Soggetti |
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Burley tobacco - Kentucky - History |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; General Editors' Preface; Preface; 1. Tobacco Culture; 2. Tobacco Ground; 3. Tobacco Labor; 4. The Tobacco Program; 5. Sowing the Beds; 6. Setting the Plants; 7, Cultivating and Topping; 8. Cutting, Housing, and Curing; 9. The Stripping Room; 10. On the Floor; 11. Burley Tobacco and Its Transformations; Notes; References Cited; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; M; L; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Whereas most crops drive farmers apart as they compete for the best prices, the price controls on tobacco bring growers together. The result is a culture unlike any other in America, one often forgotten or overlooked as federal and state governments fight over the spoils of the tobacco settlement. Tobacco Culture describes the process of raising a crop of burley from the perspective and experience of the farmers themselves. In the process of gathering information for the book, the authors performed most steps in the tobacco production process, from dropping plants, burning seedbeds, topping, |
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