1 The Heritage -- 2 Founding and Early Years -- 3 The China Company Strikes Gold -- 4 A New Profit Center to the North – Illustrations -- 5 Cigar Leaf Tobacco -- 6 The Depression and the Great War Years -- 7 Postwar Growth at Home -- 8 Postwar Growth Abroad -- 9 A Worldwide Company -- 10 Modern Foreign Operations -- 11 A Changing Industry -- 12 Diversification and Litigation -- Epilogue: The 1990s and Beyond -- Appendix 1: The History of Tobacco Consumption -- Appendix 2: Universal Corporation Historical Data on Annual Earnings -- Appendix 3: Tobacco Grades. Appendix 4: Company OfficersBibliographical Note -- Index.