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100 1 _aBillings, E. R.
245 1 0 _aTobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2008
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
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_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
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_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
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500 _aRelease date is 2008-01-31
508 _aProduced by Ted Garvin, Christine P. Travers and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net
520 _a"Tobacco: Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce" by E.R. Billings is a historical account written in the late 19th century. The book provides an extensive examination of the tobacco plant, covering its discovery, cultivation, and significance in trade and society. Billings frames the plant not just as an agricultural product, but as a fascinating subject with entwined cultural, economic, and medicinal narratives spanning centuries. The opening of this work provides a detailed botanical description of the tobacco plant, elucidating its growth conditions and various species. Billings explains the plant's importance, emphasizing its adaptability across climates and its key role in agricultural practices, particularly in Virginia. He touches upon its early history, mentioning how the plant was first introduced to Europe by explorers and highlighting its rapid rise in popularity and cultivation, which shaped economies and social customs in both the New and Old Worlds. Furthermore, the chapter establishes the groundwork for a more in-depth analysis of tobacco's multifaceted role in human history, promising a comprehensive resource for both enthusiasts and scholars alike. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _nOriginal publication data not identified
653 _aTobacco use
653 _aTobacco -- History
653 _aTobacco industry -- History
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/24471
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