Hemp: American History Revisited

Overview

Who put the Hemp in Hempstead? Before the cotton gin, hemp was an essential raw material valued for its fiber and oil, as a fuel and a medicine. This colorful socio-economic history clears the smoke obscuring hemp's role in battles between Britain and the colonies, the North and South, the haves and have-nots, and the marijuana lobby and their foes. Deitch offers a look at major events in US and world history as they influenced, and as they may have been influenced by, the cultivation and use of hemp.

Details

Publisher

Algora Publishing

Published

2003

Pages

232

Language

EN

Categories

Business & Economics / Economic History, History / Social History, Body, Mind & Spirit / Entheogens & Visionary Substances, Self-Help / Substance Abuse & Addictions / General, Technology & Engineering / Agriculture / General

ISBN-13

9780875862057