Project Gutenberg 2008-01-31 Public domain in the USA. 711 Billings, E. R. Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce Produced by Ted Garvin, Christine P. Travers and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net "Tobacco: Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce" by E.R. Billings is a historical account written in the late 19th century. The book provides an extensive examination of the tobacco plant, covering its discovery, cultivation, and significance in trade and society. Billings frames the plant not just as an agricultural product, but as a fascinating subject with entwined cultural, economic, and medicinal narratives spanning centuries. The opening of this work provides a detailed botanical description of the tobacco plant, elucidating its growth conditions and various species. Billings explains the plant's importance, emphasizing its adaptability across climates and its key role in agricultural practices, particularly in Virginia. He touches upon its early history, mentioning how the plant was first introduced to Europe by explorers and highlighting its rapid rise in popularity and cultivation, which shaped economies and social customs in both the New and Old Worlds. Furthermore, the chapter establishes the groundwork for a more in-depth analysis of tobacco's multifaceted role in human history, promising a comprehensive resource for both enthusiasts and scholars alike. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 61.2 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. en Tobacco use Tobacco -- History Tobacco industry -- History DS HV SB Text Horticulture Category: History - Other Category: Science - Biology Category: Science - Earth/Agricultural/Farming Category: Economics 1175348 2025-07-10T07:29:40.322832 text/html 1168611 2021-01-03T07:41:26 text/html 8141871 2025-07-10T07:30:02.232782 application/epub+zip 8161204 2025-07-10T07:29:47.728829 application/epub+zip 499768 2025-07-10T07:29:44.601789 application/epub+zip 8602075 2025-07-10T07:30:10.444692 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 8559781 2025-07-10T07:29:58.554729 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 909500 2022-09-11T10:12:05.091991 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1030829 2025-07-10T07:29:37.197892 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 1030616 2021-01-03T07:41:26 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 1030694 2021-01-03T07:41:26 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 22387 2025-07-10T07:30:10.605678 application/rdf+xml 24338 2025-07-10T07:29:45.208821 image/jpeg 4561 2025-07-10T07:29:44.926814 image/jpeg 377966 2021-01-03T07:41:27 application/octet-stream application/zip 7898240 2021-01-03T07:41:27 application/octet-stream application/zip 377852 2021-01-03T07:41:27 application/octet-stream application/zip 8028324 2025-07-10T07:29:40.858823 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog