Screen LibraryGrowing American rubber：strategic plants and the politics of national security
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Rutgers University Press,
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| Publisher Address: | New Brunswick, N.J. |
| Publication Dates: | c2009. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Studies in modern science, technology, and the environment |
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| Carrier Form: | xiii, 317 p.: ill. ; 24 cm. |
| ISBN: |
9780813544830 (hardcover : alk. paper) 0813544831 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
| Index Number: | F371 |
| CLC: |
F371.261-09 S576 S794.1 |
| Call Number: | F371.261-09/F511 |
| Contents: |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 237-306) and index. 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. 'Growing American Rubber' explores America's quest during tense decades of the 20th century to identify a viable source of domestic rubber. Straddling international revolutions and world wars, this history chronicles efforts of leaders in business, science, and government to sever American dependence on foreign suppliers. |