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The Cigarette Century: The Rise, Fall, and Deadly Persistence of the Product That Defined America

by Allan Brandt

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Publisher Comments:

From agriculture to big business, from medicine to politics, The Cigarette Century is the definitive account of how smoking came to be so deeply implicated in our culture, science, policy, and law. No product has been so heavily promoted or has become so deeply entrenched in American consciousness. The Cigarette Century shows in striking detail how one ephemeral (and largely useless) product came to play such a dominant role in so many aspects of our livesand deaths.

Synopsis:

The widely acclaimed, award-winning history of the cigarette.

About the Author

Allan M. Brandt is the Amalie Moses Kass Professor of the History of Medicine at Harvard Medical School, and a professor in the Department of the History of Science at Harvard University. His previous writings include the book No Magic Bullet: A Social History of Venereal Disease in the United States Since 1880.

Product Details

ISBN:
9780465070480
Subtitle:
The Rise, Fall, and Deadly Persistence of the Product That Defined America
Author:
Brandt, Allan
Author:
Brandt, Allan M.
Publisher:
Basic Books
Subject:
Cigarette habit
Subject:
Psychopathology - Addiction
Subject:
Modern - General
Subject:
Corporate & Business History - General
Subject:
United States - 20th Century
Subject:
Substance Abuse & Addictions - Smoking
Subject:
Substance Abuse & Addictions - Tobacco
Subject:
Smoking -- Health aspects.
Subject:
Smoking -- United States -- History.
Edition Description:
Trade Paper
Publication Date:
January 2009
Binding:
Paperback
Grade Level:
General/trade
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Y
Pages:
600
Dimensions:
9.10x6.10x1.40 in. 1.40 lbs.

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