Supports treating Tennessee as several historical production regions rather than one homogeneous state style.
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Hannush distinguishes East Tennessee's grain, fruit, sugar maple, and mountainous concealment; Middle Tennessee's diverse crops, oak, and larger farms; and West Tennessee's Mississippi trade, cooperage, wholesaling, and imported whiskey. These resource and transport systems produced different regional whiskey economies within one state.
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PDF sheet 39; displayed ebook page 23
East, Middle, and West Tennessee
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