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and shifts in labor and farming policy have altered the way of life for tobacco farmers: family farms have largely been replaced by...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.
Körperschaft: University Press of Florida
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Gainesville/Tallahassee/Tampa/Boca Raton/Pensacola/Orlando/Miami/Jacksonville/Ft. Myers/Sarasota : University Press of Florida, [2014]
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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and shifts in labor and farming policy have altered the way of life for tobacco farmers: family farms have largely been replaced by large-scale operations dependent on hired labor, much of it from other shores.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. In When T.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (x, 152 pages) : illustrations, map
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references (pages 137-147) and index.
ISBN:9780813055084
0813055083