Here’s an interesting article about this book as it was first published: https://www.thelily.com/a-female-historian-wrote-a-book-two-male-historians-went-on-npr-to-talk-about-it-they-never-mentioned-her-name/   Anyway, this is a relatively dry (flue dried?) political of tobacco in the 20th century. It’s centered around the cigarette, but it’s not solely about that. Instead, it begins with the incorporation of tobacco growing into the concept of agriculture as a political concept. This means treating it as a commodity no different from any other agricultural commodity. This led to including tobacco production into agriculture subsidies, including it in farm […]