Encyclopedia of Smoking and Tobacco
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| Rating | : | 4.12 (579 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1573562025 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 480 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-08-23 |
| Language | : | English |
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ARLENE B. Also recognized as a contemporary scholar of Native American studies, she has combined her backgrounds to become an expert on Native American ceremonial tobacco use and abuse. HIRSCHFELDER is a historian and authority who has written extensively on smoking and tobacco. Her writing credits include The Tobacco Chronicles: Tobacco Practices, Policies, and Research Among American Indians and Alaska Natives, 1880-1995ck Butts: A Kids Action Guide for a Tobacco-Free Ameri
Here's a comprehensive reference guide that gives readers the entire story about the volatile issue of smoking in North America from the 1600s to the present. This encyclopedia is the ideal source for understanding today's controversies in a historical context. Its chronology starts with Columbus and continues through recent lawsuits. The A-Z format offers nearly 600 entries (400-800 words each), plus charts, tables, a list of selected topics, and more than 70 photographs. It offers something for everyone, covering social, legal, medical, science, business, and international issues. And its appendixes cover a wide range of information, from Surgeon General's reports, to essays by expert contributors, to landmark legal cases regarding workplace issues.
A five-page bibliography and list of Web sites will lead users further. Although most entries are brief, some, such as Pipe smoking and Native Americans, are examined at greater length. Entries cover a wide range of smoking-related topics, including activism, advertising, tobacco companies, court cases, health issues, people, scientific research, and tobacco in U.S. The book is generally accurate, although in a few instances dates are incorrect. The author's objectivity is shown in the treatment of organizations on b
Good source material on many subjects MGMcd As one reviewer said, but more vociferously, this encyclopedia covers more Anti-tobacco issues than tobacco issues. It might more properly be entitled A Bibliography of Anti-Tobacco Personalities and Literature. There are some good articles on smoking, cigarettes and tobacco per se, but most. "An Excellent Resource" according to will. I was somewhat dismayed when I read the other reviews as well. I have to admit that I am a former smoker myself, but did not find this book as "biased" as some have indicated. I am a librarian by profession and find this an invaluable resource when I have people who are writing research pape. "Good Resource" according to will. Looking at the last review, I was somewhat dismayed. Obviously there is a bias present on the part of the reviewer. This is a very coomprehensive resource that provides information not only on tobacco but on persons involved, companies and historical events. I recommend it and also advise a