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Author Ndiaye, Pap, author.

Uniform Title Du nylon et des bombes. English
Title Nylon and bombs : DuPont and the march of modern America / Pap A. Ndiaye ; translated by Elborg Forster.

Publication Info. Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2007.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
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Description 1 online resource (308 pages) : illustrations.
text rdacontent
computer rdamedia
online resource rdacarrier
Series Studies in industry and society
Studies in industry and society.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [235]-281) and index.
Contents DuPont and the rise of chemical engineering -- From ammonia to nylon : technologies and careers -- Culture and politics at DuPont before World War II -- The forgetten engineers of the bomb -- The heyday and decline of chemical enineering.
Note Description based on print version record.
Subject E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company -- History.
Chemical industry -- United States -- History.
Research, Industrial -- United States -- History.
Military-industrial complex -- United States -- History.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author Forster, Elborg, translator.
Other Form: Print version: Ndiaye, Pap. Nylon and bombs : DuPont and the march of modern America. Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2007 289 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates ; 24 cm. Studies in industry and society 9780801884443 (OCoLC)ocm63692685
ISBN 9780801884443 (hardcover : alk. paper)
0801884446 (hardcover : alk. paper)
9781421403342 (electronic bk.)

 
    
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