Long green
Subtitle: the rise and fall of tobacco in South Carolina
By: Eldred E. Prince, Jr. with Robert R. Simpson
Contributors: Simpson, Robert R
Publisher: University of Georgia Press
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Athens
Language: eng
Number of pages: 272
Subjects: Tobacco -- South Carolina -- History; Tobacco industry -- South Carolina -- History
Description: "The first comprehensive history of Bright Leaf tobacco culture of any state to appear in fifty years, this book explores tobacco's influence in South Carolina from its beginnings in the colonial period to its heyday at the turn of the century, the impact of the Depression, the New Deal, and World War II, and on to present-day controversies about the health risks of smoking."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 253-263) and index