{"product_id":"tobacco-merchant-the-story-of-universal-leaf-tobacco-company-paperback","title":"Tobacco Merchant: The Story of Universal Leaf Tobacco Company - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMaurice Duke\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eDaniel P. Jordan\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMaurice Duke and Daniel P. Jordan vividly describe the colorful life and times of one of the South's--and America's--most important businesses and provide insight into how luck, management practices, and personalities helped the company rise to international prominence. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUniversal Leaf Tobacco Company, the world's largest independent leaf tobacco dealer, is one of the major buying arms for tobacco manufacturers worldwide, selecting, purchasing, processing, and storing leaf tobacco. The story opens during the aftermath of the Civil War when Southerners realized once again the worldwide potential of their native crop. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe authors follow the company from its incorporation 1918 through one of the first hostile takeover attempts in American business, to its evolution in 1993 into Universal Corporation, a worldwide conglomerate with a number of products including tobacco. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBased on scholarly research and over two hundred interviews with past and present Universal employees, this objective saga reveals much about American business and economic history.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eMaurice Duke\u003c\/b\u003e, former journalist, is now professor of English at Virginia Commonwealth University. \u003cb\u003eDaniel P. Jordan\u003c\/b\u003e is president of the Thomas Jefferson Memorial Foundation at Monticello.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 240\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.51 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 15, 2014\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53525472936243,"sku":"9780813152004","price":42.75,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0990\/0746\/3731\/files\/9TWIdFpXFd9780813152004.webp?v=1783113530","url":"https:\/\/s3xxpj-vy.myshopify.com\/products\/tobacco-merchant-the-story-of-universal-leaf-tobacco-company-paperback","provider":"The Celestial Starlit Phoenix ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}