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Burley - Kentucky Tobacco in a New Century (Paperback)
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Burley - Kentucky Tobacco in a New Century (Paperback)
Series: Kentucky Remembered: An Oral History Series
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Once iconic American symbols, tobacco farms are gradually
disappearing. It is difficult for many people to lament the loss of
a crop that has come to symbolize addiction, disease, and corporate
deception; yet, in Kentucky, the plant has played an important role
in economic development and prosperity. Burley tobacco -- a light,
air-cured variety used in cigarette production -- has long been the
Commonwealth's largest cash crop and an important aspect of
regional identity, along with bourbon, bluegrass music, and
Thoroughbred horses. In Burley: Kentucky Tobacco in a New Century,
Ann K. Ferrell investigates the rapidly transforming process of
raising and selling tobacco by chronicling her conversations with
the farmers who know the crop best. She demonstrates that although
the 2004 "buyout" ending the federal tobacco program is commonly
perceived to be the most significant change that growers have had
to negotiate, it is, in reality, only one new factor among many.
Burley reveals the tangible and intangible challenges tobacco
farmers face today, from the logistics of cultivation to the
growing stigma against the crop. Ferrell uses ethnography, archival
research, and rhetorical analysis to tell the complex story of
burley tobacco production in twenty-first-century Kentucky. Not
only does she give a voice to the farmers who persevere in this
embattled industry, but she also sheds light on their futures,
contesting the widely held assumption that they can easily replace
the crop by diversifying their operations with alternative crops.
As tobacco fades from both the physical and economic landscapes,
this nuanced volume documents and explores the culture and
practices of burley production today.
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