The cigarette century : the rise, fall, and deadly persistence of the product that defined America / Allan M. Brandt.
By: Brandt, Allan M
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TextPublisher: New York : Basic Books, c2007Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (p. 507-578) and index.Description: vii, 600 p., [32] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.ISBN: 0465070477 (alk. paper); 9780465070473 (alk. paper).Subject(s): Tobacco industry -- United States -- History -- 20th century | Smoking -- United States -- History -- 20th century | Smoking -- Health aspects | Tobacco -- HistoryDDC classification: 338.4/767970973 Online resources: Table of contents | Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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| Two Weeks | Davenport Library Circulating Collection | Print-Circulating | 338.4767 B734 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 34284003342094 |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 507-578) and index.
Introduction: the Camel Man and me -- Culture -- Pro bono publico -- Tobacco as much as bullets -- Engineering consent -- Science -- More doctors smoke Camels -- The causal conundrum -- Constructing controversy -- Politics -- The surgeon general has determined -- Congress : the best filter yet -- Your cigarette is killing me -- Law -- Nicotine is the product -- Mr. Butts goes to Washington -- The trials of big tobacco -- Globalization -- Exporting an epidemic -- Epilogue: the crime of the century -- References -- Note on sources -- Acknowledgements -- Index.
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