LEADER 03100nam 2200601 450 001 9910459913703321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-8130-5059-6 010 $a0-8130-5508-3 035 $a(CKB)3710000000280212 035 $a(EBL)1843619 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001409787 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11773932 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001409787 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11373645 035 $a(PQKB)10899256 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000985987 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1843619 035 $a(OCoLC)895661723 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse42259 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1843619 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10986856 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL662781 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000280212 100 $a20140405h20142014 uy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aWhen tobacco was king $efamilies, farm labor, and federal policy in the Piedmont /$fEvan P. Bennett 210 1$aGainesville, Florida :$cUniversity Press of Florida,$d[2014] 210 4$dİ2014 215 $a1 online resource (166 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-322-31499-3 311 $a0-8130-6014-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aIntroduction : a hornworm's-eye view of the tobacco South -- Family -- Hands -- Tobacco-raising fools -- Cooperation -- Stabilization -- Untied -- Buyout -- Conclusion : a dead end for the tobacco road?. 330 $a"Tobacco has left an indelible mark on the American South, shaping the land and culture throughout the twentieth century. In the last few decades, advances in technology and shifts in labor and farming policy have altered the way of life for tobacco farmers: family farms have largely been replaced by large-scale operations dependent on hired labor, much of it from other shores. However, the mechanical harvester and the H-2A guest worker did not put an end to tobacco culture but rather sent it in new directions and accelerated the change that has always been part of the farmer's life. In When Tobacco Was King, Evan Bennett examines the agriculture of the South's original staple crop in the Old Bright Belt--a diverse region named after the unique bright, or flue-cured, tobacco variety it spawned. He traces the region's history from Emancipation to the abandonment of federal crop controls in 2004 and highlights the transformations endured by blacks and whites, landowners and tenants, to show how tobacco farmers continued to find meaning and community in their work despite these drastic changes."--$cPublisher's Web site. 606 $aTobacco$zSouthern States$xHistory 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aTobacco$xHistory. 676 $a338.1/7371 700 $aBennett$b Evan P.$0956902 712 02$aUniversity Press of Florida, 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910459913703321 996 $aWhen tobacco was king$92225835 997 $aUNINA