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Tobacco was initially cultivated and appreciated by the indigenous inhabitants of the Americas, who used it for therapeutic, religious, and sociable purposes a long time before the appearance of Columbus. However when Europeans began to colonize the American continents, it became another thing totally - a ethnic touchstone of pleasure and success and a sought after commodity that would transform the world economy permanently. Iain Gately's Cigarette tells the epic report of an unusual plant and its unique romance with the history of humanity, from its obscure early beginnings through its climb to global prominence to its current embattled status today. In a exciting narrative, Gately makes the case for the cigarette trade being the traveling make behind the development of the American colonies, the foundation of Dutch trading empire, the underpinning cause of the African slave trade, and the financial basis for our success in the American Trend. Informed and erudite, Cigarette is a vivid and provocative check out the complex history of this precious plant.
