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The Journal of the Gilded Age and Progressive Era Introduction | 1 1 An Acknowledged Power in the Land: Tobacconists, Taxation, and the Politics of Market Creation, 18621872 | 10 2 A Hard Law at Best: The Political Economy of Tobacco Taxation from Depression to Surplus, 18731890 | 40 3 Tobaccos Imperfect Knowledge: Governance, Classification, and Conflict in the World Tobacco Market, 18651890 | 65 4 The Road to Prosperity: Power and the Politics of Quality on the Bright Tobacco Frontier, 18651900 | 88 5 The Health of the State: The USDA, Agricultural Hegemony, and the Federal Improvement of Tobacco Quality, 18901933 | 113 Conclusion: Revising Tobacco Politics in the Twentieth Century | 144 Acknowledgments | 151 Notes | 153 Bibliography | 203 Index | 219
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