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For centuries before Europeans came to the New World, tobacco had an important role in the religious and social life of the early peoples of Kentucky. W. F. Axton describes the various forms in which tobacco has been used, its quick adoption by the Old World, and its gradual development into the forms common today, especially the blended cigarette. Little has been written about the place occupied by Burley leaf in the economic life of the Commonwealth, where tobacco is still the most important crop. Tobacco in Kentucky is accompanied by charts and maps illustrating the many aspects of tobacco production.

W.F. Axton is professor of English at the University of Louisville. His family has been associated with the tobacco industry through the Axton-Fisher Company.

Publication Date

1975

Publisher

The University Press of Kentucky

Place of Publication

Lexington, KY

ISBN

9780813193403

eISBN

9780813150222

Keywords

Tobacco, Kentucky, Burley

Disciplines

Cultural History

Tobacco and Kentucky
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