The cigarette century : the rise, fall, and deadly persistence of the product that defined America / Allan M. Brandt.
2007
KF1297.T63 B72 2007 (Mapit)
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Author
Title
The cigarette century : the rise, fall, and deadly persistence of the product that defined America / Allan M. Brandt.
Imprint
New York : Basic Books, [2007]
Copyright
©2007
Description
vii, 600 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
Formatted Contents Note
Introduction : The Camel Man and me
[pt]. 1. Culture
1. Pro bono publico
2. Tobacco as much as bullets
3. Engineering consent
[pt]. 2. Science
4. More doctors smoke Camels
5. The causal conundrum
6. Constructing controversy
[pt]. 3. Politics
7. The surgeon general has determined
8. Congress : the best filter yet
9. Your cigarette is killing me
[pt]. 4. Law
10. Nicotine is the product
11. Mr. Butts goes to Washington
12. The trials of big tobacco
[pt]. 5. Globalization
13. Exporting an epidemic
Epilogue : The crime of the century
References
Note on sources
Acknowledgments
Index.
[pt]. 1. Culture
1. Pro bono publico
2. Tobacco as much as bullets
3. Engineering consent
[pt]. 2. Science
4. More doctors smoke Camels
5. The causal conundrum
6. Constructing controversy
[pt]. 3. Politics
7. The surgeon general has determined
8. Congress : the best filter yet
9. Your cigarette is killing me
[pt]. 4. Law
10. Nicotine is the product
11. Mr. Butts goes to Washington
12. The trials of big tobacco
[pt]. 5. Globalization
13. Exporting an epidemic
Epilogue : The crime of the century
References
Note on sources
Acknowledgments
Index.
Summary
An exposé of the tobacco industry discusses the cultural, political, scientific, and legal aspects of cigarette smoking in modern America.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 507-578) and index.
Location
kfsto
Call Number
KF1297.T63 B72 2007
Language
English
ISBN
9780465070473
0465070477
0465070477
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