Burley: Kentucky Tobacco in a New Century by Ferrell, Ann K.

Burley: Kentucky Tobacco in a New Century (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780813167589)

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Burley: Kentucky Tobacco in a New Century by Ferrell, Ann K.

Burley: Kentucky Tobacco in a New Century

$30.00
Burley: Kentucky Tobacco in a New Century by Ferrell, Ann K.

Burley: Kentucky Tobacco in a New Century

$30.00
Format: Paperback
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Once iconic American symbols, tobacco farms are gradually disappearing. It is difficult for many people to lament the loss of a crop that has come to symbolize addiction, disease, and corporate deception; yet, in Kentucky, the plant has played an important role in economic development and prosperity. Burley tobacco-a light, air-cured variety used in cigarette production-has long been the Commonwealth's largest cash crop and an important aspect of regional identity, along with bourbon, bluegrass

Author: Ann K. Ferrell
ISBN-10: 0813167582
ISBN-13: 9780813167589
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Language: English
Published: 02/26/2016
Pages: 330
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.07lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.74d
By Ann K. Ferrell
By Ann K. Ferrell
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Ann K. Ferrell is assistant professor of folk studies at Western Kentucky University.

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