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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
Axe ProQuest E-Book	Electronic Book	---	Available

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.)