Growing American rubber: strategic plants and the politics of national security
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1. Verfasser: Finlay, Mark R. (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: New Brunswick, N.J. Rutgers University Press ©2009
Schriftenreihe:Studies in modern science, technology, and the environment
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Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-306) and index
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
'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
Beschreibung:1 Online-Ressource (xiii, 317 pages)
ISBN:9780813548708
0813548705

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