Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Illustrations, Maps, and Tables; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. A Legacy of Peonage; 2. Monopoly Comes to the Tobacco Belt; 3. Organizing the Black Patch; 4. Rumors of War; 5. Night Riders; 6. Organizing the Bluegrass; 7. Farmers on Strike; 8. The Demise of Agrarian Cooperation; 9. The Decline of the Countryside; Appendix; Notes; Bibliographical Essay; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W
Summary
Shortly after 1900, tens of thousands of tobacco growers throughout Kentucky and Tennessee convulsed the region for nearly a decade in a revolt against the monopolistic practices of the American Tobacco Company. Though the revolt known as the Tobacco Wars remains one of the more remarkable insurgencies of rural America, it is also one of the more misunderstood. In this first major account of the uprising in over half a century, Tracy Campbell tells the story of these embattled farmers and casts a provocative new light on the issues that fueled the Tobacco Wars. When tobacco prices fell below th
