Hemp - American History Revisited The Plant With a Divided History

Who put the Hemp in Hempstead? Before the cotton gin, hemp was an essential raw material valued for its fiber and oil, as a fuel and a medicine. This colorful socio-economic history clears the smoke obscuring hemp's role in battles between Britain and the colonies, the North and South, the haves and have-nots, and the marijuana lobby and their foes. Deitch offers a look at major events in US and world history as they influenced, and as they may have been influenced by, the cultivation and use of hemp.Deitch, Robert is the author of 'Hemp - American History Revisited The Plant With a Divided History' with ISBN 9780875862057 and ISBN 0875862055.