Growing American rubber [electronic resource] : strategic plan ts and the politics of national security /
Finlay, Mark R.
Growing American rubber strategic plan ts and the politics of national security / [electronic resource] : Mark R. Finlay. - New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, c2009. - xiii, 317 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. - Studies in modern science, technology, and the environment . - Studies in modern science, technology, and the environment. ACLS Humanities E-Book. .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 237-306) and index.
The American dependence on imported rubber and the lessons of revolu tion and war, 1911-1922 -- Domestic rubber crops in an era of nationali sm and internationalism -- Thomas Edison and the challenges of the new rubber crops -- The nadir of rubber crop research, 1928-1941 -- Crops i n war: rubber plant research on the grand scale -- Sustainable rubber f rom grain: the Gillette Committee and the battles over synthetic rubber -- Resistance to domestic rubber crops and the decline of emergency ru bber project -- From domestic rubber crops to biotechnology.
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 a ccess: Intranet.
Rubber industry and trade-- History.-- United States
Rubber plants-- Research-- United States.
Growing American rubber strategic plan ts and the politics of national security / [electronic resource] : Mark R. Finlay. - New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, c2009. - xiii, 317 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. - Studies in modern science, technology, and the environment . - Studies in modern science, technology, and the environment. ACLS Humanities E-Book. .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 237-306) and index.
The American dependence on imported rubber and the lessons of revolu tion and war, 1911-1922 -- Domestic rubber crops in an era of nationali sm and internationalism -- Thomas Edison and the challenges of the new rubber crops -- The nadir of rubber crop research, 1928-1941 -- Crops i n war: rubber plant research on the grand scale -- Sustainable rubber f rom grain: the Gillette Committee and the battles over synthetic rubber -- Resistance to domestic rubber crops and the decline of emergency ru bber project -- From domestic rubber crops to biotechnology.
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 a ccess: Intranet.
Rubber industry and trade-- History.-- United States
Rubber plants-- Research-- United States.