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Growing American rubber strategic plants and the politics of national security / Mark R. Finlay.
| Author/creator | Finlay, Mark R. |
| Other author | American Council of Learned Societies. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, |
| Description | xiii, 317 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from ACLS Humanities E-Book |
| Subjects |
| Series | Studies in modern science, technology, and the environment Studies in modern science, technology, and the environment. ^A1129065 |
| 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. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. 237-306) and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2008029190 |
| ISBN | 9780813544830 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0813544831 (hardcover : alk. paper) |