{"product_id":"tobacco-capitalism-9780691149202","title":"Tobacco Capitalism","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTells the story of the people who live and work on US tobacco farms at a time when the global tobacco industry is undergoing profound changes. This book explores the cultural and ethical ambiguities of tobacco farming and offers concrete recommendations for the tobacco-control movement in the United States and worldwide.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWinner of the 2012 James Mooney Award, Southern Anthropological Society Winner of the 2013 Delmos Jones and Jagna Sharff Memorial Prize for the Critical Study of North America, Society for the Anthropology of North America \/ American Anthropological Association Finalist for the 2012 Society for the Anthropology of Work Book Prize \"Anthropologist Benson explains the shifts in US Growers' role in the multinational tobacco industry in the last half century through his focus on North Carolina's Wilson County, at the heart of US tobacco production. He bases his work on archival and ethnographic analysis of North Carolina tobacco growers and farmworkers and, more broadly, of government and industry perspectives.\"--Choice \"This is a big, angry, brickbat of a book. The focus of most social science research on tobacco is its consumption, so it is good to have its modes of production put under the spotlight... Its 323 pages are a worthy contribution to the literature on agribusiness and agricultural capitalism and the pernicious role of the tobacco industry in manipulating the production as well as the consumption of its product for its own immoral ends.\"--Andrew J. Russell, Durham Anthropology Journal \"[T]his book constitutes a significant contribution to the field of the anthropology of (corporate) capitalism and will definitely appeal to a broader readership in other social sciences, anti-smoking activists and possibly even to corporate employees.\"--Marian Viorel Anastasoaie, Social Anthropology\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eList of Illustrations vii  Foreword by Allan M. Brandt ix  Preface xi  Introduction 1      PART I:The Tobacco Industry, Public Health, and Agrarian Change  Chapter 1: Most Admired Company 37  Chapter 2: The Jungle 63  Chapter 3: Enemies of Tobacco 96      PART II: Innocence and Blame in American Society  Chapter 4: Good, Clean Tobacco 135  Chapter 5: El Campo 166  Chapter 6: Sorriness 210      Conclusion: Reflections on the Tobacco Industry (and American Exceptionalism) 258  Bibliography 275  Index 307","brand":"Princeton University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49403781022039,"sku":"9780691149202","price":28.8,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780691149202.jpg?v=1730484523","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/tobacco-capitalism-9780691149202","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}