Tobacco: A Cultural History of How an Exotic Plant Seduced Civilization Lauren M. Swartz will likely shape U

will likely shape U

ISBN13: 9780486466750

The teachings in this text represent oral instructions transmitted by a single master to a single disciple in the mode known as "single transmission

this brilliantly structured novel centers on two women: Gertrude Openshaw

Tobacco: A Cultural History of How an Exotic Plant Seduced Civilization Lauren M. Swartz will likely shape UTobacco was first cultivated and enjoyed by the indigenous inhabitants of the Americas, who used it for medicinal, religious, and social purposes long before the arrival of Columbus. But when Europeans began to colonize the American continents, it became something else entirely a cultural touchstone of pleasure and success, and a coveted commodity that would transform the world economy forever. Iain Gately's Tobacco tells the epic story of an unusual