The American synthetic organic chemicals industry : war and politics, 1910 - 1930
Kathryn Steen
Prior to 1914, Germany dominated the worldwide production of synthetic organic dyes and pharmaceuticals like aspirin. When World War I disrupted the supply of German chemicals to the United States, American entrepreneurs responded to the shortages and high prices by trying to manufacture chemicals domestically. Learning the complex science and industry, however, posed a serious challenge. This book explains how the United States built a synthetic organic chemicals industry in World War I and the 1920s. Kathryn Steen argues that Americans' intense anti-German sentiment in World War I helped to forge a concentrated effort among firms, the federal government, and universities to make the United States independent of "foreign chemicals".
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2014
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Authors: | Steen, Kathryn |
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Chapel Hill, NC : Univ. of North Carolina Press |
Subject: | Chemieindustrie | Chemical industry | Chemikalie | Chemicals | Pharmaindustrie | Pharmaceutical industry | Industriegeschichte | Industrial history | Internationale Wirtschaftsbeziehungen | International economic relations | Krieg | War | USA | United States | Deutschland (bis 1945) | Germany (until 1945) | Chemische Industrie | Organische Chemie | Geschichte 1910-1930 | 1910-1930 |
Description of contents: | Table of Contents [gbv.de] ; Description [netread.com] ; Description [h-net.org] |
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Extent: | XII, 403 S. Ill., graph. Darst. |
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Type of publication: | Book / Working Paper |
Language: | English |
Notes: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
ISBN: | 978-1-4696-1290-4 ; 978-1-4696-1291-1 |
Classification: | Geschichte der Chemischen Technik ; USA |
Source: | ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW |
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010385888
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