Growing American Rubber : Strategic Plants and the Politics of National Security

Growing American Rubber explores America's quest during tense decades of the twentieth century to identify a viable source of domestic rubber. Straddling international revolutions and world wars, this unique and well-researched history chronicles efforts of leaders in business, science, and government to sever American dependence on foreign suppliers. Although synthetic rubber emerged from World War II as one solution, the issue of ever-diminishing natural resources and the question of how to meet modern-day demands linger today.

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Year of publication:	2009
Authors:	Finlay, Mark R
Other Persons:	Largent, Mark A (contributor)
Publisher:	New Brunswick, N.J : Rutgers University Press
Subject:	USA \| Gummiherstellung \| Gummiindustrie \| Gummimarkt \| Geschichte 1911-2004
Description of contents:	Table of Contents [gbv.de]

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Extent:	1 online resource (335 pages)
Series:	Studies in Modern Science, Technology, and the Environment Ser Studies in modern science, technology, and the environment
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
Notes:	Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources. Contents; Illustrations; Tables; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter 1: The American Dependence on Imported Rubber: The Lessons of Revolution and War, 1911-1922; Chapter 2: Domestic Rubber Crops in an Era of Nationalism and Internationalism; Chapter 3: Thomas Edison and the Challenges of the New Rubber Crops; Chapter 4: The Nadir of Rubber Crop Research, 1928-1941; Chapter 5: Crops in War: Rubber Plant Research on the Grand Scale; Chapter 6: Sustainable Rubber from Grain: The Gillette Committee and the Battles over Synthetic Rubber Chapter 7: Resistance to Domestic Rubber Crops and the Decline of the Emergency Rubber ProjectChapter 8: From Domestic Rubber Crops to Biotechnology; Notes; Index; About the Author
ISBN:	978-0-8135-4870-8 ; 0-8135-4870-5 ; 0-8135-4483-1 ; 978-0-8135-4483-0
Classification:	USA
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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