The Golden Leaf: How Tobacco Shaped Cuba and the Atlantic World 9780826520340, 0826520340

Tobacco Merchant : The Story of Universal Leaf Tobacco Company [1 ed.] 9780813162683, 9780813152004

Maurice Duke and Daniel P. Jordan vividly describe the colorful life and times of one of the South's--and America&#

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Going Down Tobacco Road: R. J. Reynolds' Tobacco Empire: The Gold Leaf and North Carolina 9780578741871, 0578741873

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The Gift: How Objects of Prestige Shaped the Atlantic Slave Trade and Colonialism 9781108839297, 9781108989756

The Gift explores how objects of prestige contributed to cross-cultural exchanges between Africans and Europeans during

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Infinitesimal: How a Dangerous Mathematical Theory Shaped the Modern World

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Europa: How Europe Shaped the Modern World 1681778246, 9781681778242

European history is deeply embedded in the global civilization that has emerged in the 21st century. More than two third

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A Splendid Exchange: How Trade Shaped the World 9781555848439, 1555848435

Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Contents; List of Maps; Introduction; 1 Sumer; 2 The Straits of Trad

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The Devil in the Gallery: How Scandal, Shock, and Rivalry Shaped the Art World 1538138646, 9781538138649

Scandal, Shock and Rivalry Can Be an Artist’s Best Friends Scandal, shock and rivalry all have negative connotations, d

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The Gilded Leaf: Triumph, Tragedy, and Tobacco: Three Generations of the R. J. Reynolds Family and Fortune 9780595366583, 9780595838318, 0595366589

"Fascinating...Illuminating...stunning detail." Chicago Tribune"Fascinating insight into the evolution of

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The story of silver : how the white metal shaped America and the modern world 9780691184517, 0691184518

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The Scientific Revolution : How Science and Technology Shaped the World [1 ed.] 9781534563896, 9781534563889

The Scientific Revolution is known as the time period when modern science was born. Without the people who made discover

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