| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 317 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
Studies in modern science, technology, and the environment |
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Studies in modern science, technology, and the environment
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| Contents |
The American dependence on imported rubber : the lessons of revolution and war, 1911-1922 -- Domestic rubber crops in an era of nationalism and internationalism -- Thomas Edison and the challenges of the new rubber crops -- The nadir of rubber crop research, 1928-1941 -- Crops in war : rubber plant research on the grand scale -- Sustainable rubber from grain : the Gillette Committee and the battles over synthetic rubber -- Resistance to domestic rubber crops and the decline of the Emergency Rubber Project -- From domestic rubber crops to biotechnology |
| Summary |
'Growing American Rubber' explores America's quest during tense decades of the 20th century to identify a viable source of domestic rubber. Straddling international revolutions and world wars, this history chronicles efforts of leaders in business, science, and government to sever American dependence on foreign suppliers |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-306) and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Rubber industry and trade -- United States -- History
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Rubber plants -- Research -- United States
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Rubber.
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Rubber
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rubber (material)
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TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Agriculture -- Agronomy -- Crop Science.
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TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- History.
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Rubber
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Rubber industry and trade
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Rubber plants -- Research
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Gummiindustrie
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Gummimarkt
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Gummiherstellung
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United States
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USA
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2008029190 |
| ISBN |
9780813548708 |
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0813548705 |
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0813579236 |
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9780813579238 |
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