Tobacco in History

The Cultures of Dependence

Jordan Goodman

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Routledge
20 October 1994

Social & cultural history; Drug & substance abuse: social aspects; Sociology: customs & traditions; Industry & industrial studies

Jordan Goodman explores the historical transformation of tobacco from Amerindian shamanism to global capitalism, from the food of the spirits to the fatal epidemic and

from the rough pipe and cigar to the modern-day cigarette. The book reveals the complex web of dependence and relationships surrounding this controversial commodity.

By: Jordan Goodman
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: New edition
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm, Spine: 18mm
Weight: 430g
ISBN: 9780415116695
ISBN 10: 0415116694
Pages: 292
Publication Date: 20 October 1994
Audience: College/higher education , General/trade , Primary , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

1. What is Tobacco? The Botany, Economics and Chemistry of a Strange Plant 2. Food of the Spirits: Shaminism, Healing and Tobacco in Amerindian Cultures 3. Why Tobacco? Europeans, Forbidden Fruits and the Panacea Gospel 4. Rituals, Fashions and a Medical Discourse: Tobacco Consumption Before the Cigarette 5. The Little White Slaver: Cigarettes, Health and the Hard Sell 6. Wholly Built Upon Smoke: the Impact of Colonialism 7. Tobaccy's King Down Here ... : Planter Culture to 1800 8. A Poor Man's Crop? The Globalization of Tobacco Culture Since 1800 9. To Live By Smoke: Tobacco is Big Business Conclusion 10. To Die by Smoke: Whither Tobacco?

Jordan Goodman

Reviews for Tobacco in History: The Cultures of Dependence

Goodman has written a book which is both history and current affairs, which skillfully weaves together the planters, the slaves, and the multiantional corporation.. -J. V. Beckett, THES Jordan Goodman's excellent book ... is a succinct yet ambittiously comprehensive survey of five conturies of nicotine in history. It is addictive reading.. -John Adamson, Sunday Telegraph . . . a stimulating perspective . . . packed with interesting discoveries. Tobacco in History stands as a valuable effort to explain how the whole world became, and remains, addicted to this deadly intoxicant. - The Journal of American History