Format:
1 Online-Ressource (xvi, 244 pages)
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illustrations
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
ISBN:
0813148618
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9780813148618
Content:
It is hard to believe that at one time burley tobacco was not the chief cash crop in Kentucky. Yet for more than half a century hemp dominated the state's agricultural production. James Hopkins surveys the hemp industry in Kentucky from its beginning through its complete demise at the end of World War II, describing the processes of seeding and harvesting the plant, and marketing manufactured goods made of the fiber. With debate presently raging over the legalization of industrial hemp, it is essential that an accurate portrait of this controversial resource be available. Although originally pub
Content:
Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; Preface; Introduction; I. The Hemp Farm; II. Management and Sale of the Crop; Illustrations; III. Prices and Production to 1861; IV. Manufacturing to 1861; V. Production of Hemp for Marine Use; VI. The Decline of the Industry; Bibliographical Note; Updated Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y
Additional Edition:
9780813109305
Additional Edition:
Print version Hopkins, James F A History of the Hemp Industry in Kentucky Lexington : The University Press of Kentucky, ©2015 9780813109305
Language:
English
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