Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Hemp: From Antiquity to 1683
Chapter 2: 1690—1865: The Emergence of American Hemp and the Rise of Russian Hemp
Chapter 3: Hemp Production from 1865 to the end of WWII
Chapter 4: Twenty first Century Economic Competition: Hemp goes High Tech

About the Author

Nadra Hashim is reviewer for the Journal ofAgriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development.

Reviews

Hashim has written a useful overview of global hemp production from antiquity to the present, including the current public policy controversies in the United States. . . . Readers interested in hemp production as it relates to labor, manufacturing, and marketing worldwide, with an emphasis on the United States, will find this study a good place to begin.
*Kansas History: A Journal of the Central Plains*

The approach this book takes and the quality of the work promises to provide a lasting contribution to the literature. Most books on this topic focus on hemp or marijuana, specific historical periods/analyses, or current debates centering on legalization for medical or recreational use (often focusing on one but not the other, i.e. medical or recreational use). Other works focus on hemp’s industrial applications alone. And, many focus on the moral panics associated with hemp as marijuana and its shift from a legal product to a banned drug. Few, if any, combine all of this and more in scope which this book accomplishes.
*John Asimakopoulos, Professor of Sociology, CUNY*

This book is a readable and important history of the uneven rise and fall of hemp farming and production in the United States. Hashim skillfully situates hemp in the larger political, economic, and labor worlds that determined its fate as both a viable crop for American farmers and a marketable resource in the world economy.
*James C. Giesen, Professor, Mississippi State University and Fellow of the Agricultural History Society*