{"product_id":"cigarettes-inc-nan-enstad-9780226533315","title":"Cigarettes, Inc.: An Intimate History of Corporate Imperialism","description":"Traditional narratives of capitalist change often rely on the myth of the willful entrepreneur from the global North who transforms the economy and delivers modernity--for good or ill--to the rest of the world. With \u003ci\u003eCigarettes, Inc., \u003c\/i\u003e Nan Enstad upends this story, revealing the myriad cross-cultural encounters that produced corporate life before World War II. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In this startling account of innovation and expansion, Enstad uncovers a corporate network rooted in Jim Crow segregation that stretched between the United States and China and beyond. \u003ci\u003eCigarettes, Inc. \u003c\/i\u003eteems with a global cast--from Egyptian, American, and Chinese entrepreneurs to a multiracial set of farmers, merchants, factory workers, marketers, and even baseball players, jazz musicians, and sex workers. Through their stories, \u003ci\u003eCigarettes, Inc.\u003c\/i\u003e accounts for the cigarette's spectacular rise in popularity and in the process offers nothing less than a sweeping reinterpretation of corporate power itself.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Nan Enstad\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 022653331X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780226533315\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Chicago Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/10\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.95lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.10w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2019","brand":"Nan Enstad","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43988097794303,"sku":"9780226533315","price":29.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_1b1980da-8861-410c-829d-35a93da627b1.jpg?v=1683292607","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/cigarettes-inc-nan-enstad-9780226533315","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}