Finlay, Mark R. <br/><br/>
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. .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 237-306) and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/><br/> Electronic text and image data. <br/> Ann Arbor, Mich. : <br/> University of Michigan, Michigan Publishing, <br/> 2013. <br/> Includes both TIFF files and keyword searchable text. <br/> ([ACLS Humanities E-Book]) <br/> Mode of a ccess: Intranet. 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/> Rubber industry and trade-- History.-- United States<br/> Rubber plants-- Research-- United States.