Tobacco in History and Culture: An Encyclopedia – Native Americans – Zimbabwe

Jordan Goodman9780684314051, 0-684-31405-3, 0-684-31406-1

Tobacco in History and Culture explores how tobacco became one of the most important commodities in the history of world trade and the source of one of the biggest public health concerns in modern history. Originally used by Native Americans for medicinal, religious and social purposes, tobacco quickly became the biggest export from the American colonies. By the mid-1990s, more than 14 billion pounds of tobacco leaf were grown worldwide each year, with international treaties governing its advertising and distribution. It has affected agriculture, religion, social customs, business and trade, government policy and medicine in many countries. The unique and innovative reference work presents entries on all aspects of tobacco and from a global perspective, providing support for assignments at many levels and in a variety of fields, including history, economics, government and health.
Tobacco in History and Culture is the first set in a new reference line, the Scribner Turning Points Library. Future titles will explore other discoveries and historical events that have changed the direction of human societies worldwide, whether through sudden upheavals or gradual evolution. (20050801)

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Table of contents :
Contents……Page 5
Timeline……Page 7
Native Americans……Page 11
Nazi Germany……Page 18
New Deal……Page 21
Nicotine……Page 23
Oceania……Page 29
Opium……Page 32
Origin and Diffusion……Page 33
Ostracism……Page 39
Philip Morris……Page 42
Philippines……Page 45
Pipes……Page 49
Plantations……Page 58
Politics……Page 63
Portuguese Empire……Page 75
Processing……Page 82
Product Design……Page 85
Prohibitions……Page 91
Psychology and Smoking Behavior……Page 102
Public Relations……Page 108
Quitting……Page 115
Quitting Medications……Page 122
Regulation of Tobacco Products in the United States……Page 125
Retailing……Page 130
“Safer” Cigarettes……Page 138
Sailors……Page 142
Secondhand Smoke……Page 145
Shamanism……Page 150
Sharecroppers……Page 155
Slavery and Slave Trade……Page 158
Smoking Clubs and Rooms……Page 166
Smoking Restrictions……Page 168
Smuggling and Contraband……Page 175
Snuff……Page 180
Social and Cultural Uses……Page 184
Soldiers……Page 201
South and Central America……Page 203
South Asia……Page 208
South East Asia……Page 212
Spanish Empire……Page 218
Sponsorship……Page 226
Sports……Page 230
State Tobacco Monopolies……Page 232
Taxation……Page 236
Therapeutic Uses……Page 242
Tobacco as an Ornamental Plant……Page 249
Tobacco Control in Australia……Page 252
Tobacco Control in the United Kingdom……Page 255
Tobacco Industry Science……Page 258
Tobacco Mosaic Virus……Page 261
Toxins……Page 263
Trade……Page 267
United States Agriculture……Page 285
Virginia Slims……Page 294
Visual Arts……Page 296
Warning Labels……Page 305
Women……Page 309
Youth Marketing……Page 318
Youth Tobacco Use……Page 323
Zimbabwe……Page 327
Contributors List……Page 331
Color Insert……Page 335
Index……Page 343