The Cigarette

A Political History

Sarah Milov

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$37.00 • £29.95 • €33.50

ISBN 9780674241213

Publication Date: 10/02/2019

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400 pages

6-1/8 x 9-1/4 inches

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Sarah Milov is Assistant Professor of History at the University of Virginia. A former fellow of the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities, she has written on the tobacco industry, the rise of e-cigarettes, and the grassroots fight to battle climate change. Her research explores how organized interest groups and everyday Americans influence government policy.

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Awards & Accolades

2020 PROSE Award for North American/U.S. History, Association of American Publishers

2020 Willie Lee Rose Prize, Southern Association for Women Historians

Finalist, 2020 Hagley Prize in Business History, Hagley Museum and Library and the Business History Conference

Finalist, 2019 Los Angeles Times Book Prize for History

A BookAuthority “Best New Capitalism Books” Selection, 2019

A BookAuthority “Best New Economic Development Books” Selection, 2019

A Smithsonian Magazine Best History Book of 2019

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