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Autore |
Brandt Allan M |
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The cigarette century [[electronic resource] ] : the rise, fall, and deadly persistence of the product that defined America / / Allan M. Brandt |
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New York, : Basic Books, c2007 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (vii, 600 p., [32] p. of plates ) : ill. ; |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Tobacco industry - United States - History - 20th century |
Smoking - United States - History - 20th century |
Smoking - Health aspects |
Tobacco industry - History - 20th century - United States |
Smoking - History - 20th century - United States |
Smoking |
History, 20th Century |
Tobacco Industry |
Habits |
Industry |
History, Modern 1601- |
History |
Technology, Industry, and Agriculture |
Behavior |
Technology, Industry, Agriculture |
Behavior and Behavior Mechanisms |
Humanities |
Psychiatry and Psychology |
Industries |
Business & Economics |
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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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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 507-578) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Introduction: the Camel Man and me -- Culture -- Pro bono publico -- Tobacco as much as bullets -- Engineering consent -- Science -- More |
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doctors smoke Camels -- The causal conundrum -- Constructing controversy -- Politics -- The surgeon general has determined -- Congress : the best filter yet -- Your cigarette is killing me -- Law -- Nicotine is the product -- Mr. Butts goes to Washington -- The trials of big tobacco -- Globalization -- Exporting an epidemic -- Epilogue: the crime of the century -- References -- Note on sources -- Acknowledgements -- Index. |
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