| Description |
xiii, 317 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
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Studies in modern science, technology, and the environment |
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Studies in modern science, technology, and the environment.
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ACLS Humanities E-Book.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 237-306) and index. |
| Contents |
The American dependence on imported rubber and 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 emergency rubber project -- From domestic rubber crops to biotechnology. |
| Reproduction |
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 access: Intranet. |
| Subject |
Rubber industry and trade -- United States -- History.
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Rubber plants -- Research -- United States.
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| Added Author |
American Council of Learned Societies.
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| In: |
ACLS Humanities E-Book. URL: https://www.humanitiesebook.org/ |
| Other Form: |
Original 9780813544830 (DLC) 2008029190 |
| Standard No. |
2027/heb30890 hdl |
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