Tobacco: a history
Kiernan, V. G. (Victor Gordon), 1913-20091991
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Tobacco is inseparable from the rise of the West to power and wealth. Many a battle, famous novel and tragic moment has been wreathed in tobacco smoke. Kiernan charts the spread of tobacco, the ways it was consumed, its social symbolism and its long decline into an anti-social habit.
Main title:
Tobacco: a history / V. G. Kiernan.
Imprint:
London : Hutchinson Radius [1991]
Collation:
249p. ; 24cm.
Notes:
Bibliography: p234-249.
ISBN:
9780091742164
Dewey class:
394.1
Language:
English
BRN:
109724
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