| Description |
xiii, 317 p. : ill. |
| Series |
Studies in modern science, technology, and the environment |
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Studies in modern science, technology, and the environment.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 237-306) and index. |
| Contents |
The American dependence on imported rubber : the lessons of revolution and war, 1911-1922 -- Domestic rubber crops in an era of nationalism and internationalism -- Thomas Edison and the challenges of the new rubber crops -- The nadir of rubber crop research, 1928-1941 -- Crops in war : rubber plant research on the grand scale -- Sustainable rubber from grain : the Gillette Committee and the battles over synthetic rubber -- Resistance to domestic rubber crops and the decline of the Emergency Rubber Project -- From domestic rubber crops to biotechnology. |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries. |
| Subject |
Rubber industry and trade -- United States -- History.
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Rubber plants -- Research -- United States.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
ProQuest (Firm)
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| ISBN |
9780813544830 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
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0813544831 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
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