When tobacco was king: families, farm labor, and federal policy in the Piedmont

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and shifts in labor and farming policy have altered the way of life for tobacco farmers: family farms have largely been replaced by...

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1. Verfasser: Bennett, Evan P. (VerfasserIn)
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Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Gainesville, Fla. [u.a.] Univ. Press of Florida 2014
Zusammenfassung: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and shifts in labor and farming policy have altered the way of life for tobacco farmers: family farms have largely been replaced by large-scale operations dependent on hired labor, much of it from other shores.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 guestworker 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.
Beschreibung:X, 152 S. Ill.
ISBN:9780813060149

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