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This chapter analyzes the scandalization of agricultural experiments with Cuban tobacco seeds in mid-nineteenth century France. It shows how engineers of the French state tobacco monopoly, which was established in the Napoleonic era, tried to become independent from Cuban cigar exports by introducing a substitution program that relied heavily on acclimatization experiments. However, these trials stimulated lively discussions in France and finally caused a scandal that temporarily destabilized the Parisian officials. The chapter integrates perspectives of global and imperial history with a closer view on the emerging public sphere in France and locates the scandalization of acclimatization experiments in the broader context of a changing imperial world. |
