Growing American rubber [electronic resource] : strategic plan ts and the politics of national security / Mark R. Finlay.
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TextSeries: Studies in modern science, technology, and the environment | Studies in modern science, technology, and the environment | ACLS Humanities E-BookPublication details: New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, c2009.Description: xiii, 317 p. : ill. ; 24 cmSubject(s): Additional physical formats: No titleOnline resources: 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.
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