Cigarettes, Inc.: An Intimate History of Corporate Imperialism

by Nan Enstad

Book Overview

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 Cigarettes, Inc., Nan Enstad upends this story, revealing the myriad cross-cultural encounters that produced corporate life before World War II.

In this startling account of innovation and expansion, Enstad uncovers a corporate...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 022653331X
• ISBN13: 9780226533315
• Release Date: December 2018
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.1"