Growing American rubber : strategic plants and the politics of national security / Mark R. Finlay.
- Finlay, Mark R
- Date:
- [2009], ©2009
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Publication/Creation
New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, [2009], ©2009.
Physical description
xiii, 317 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Contents
The American dependence on imported rubber and 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 emergency rubber project -- From domestic rubber crops to biotechnology.
Bibliographic information
Includes bibliographical references (p. 237-306) and index.
Reproduction note
Electronic text and image data. Ann Arbor, Mich. : University of Michigan, Michigan Publishing, 2013. Includes both TIFF files and keyword searchable text. ([ACLS Humanities E-Book]) Mode of access: Intranet.