A world history of rubber : empire, industry, and the everyday / Stephen L. Harp.
| Author/creator | Harp, Stephen L. author. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication | Chichester, West Sussex, UK ; Malden, MA, USA : John Wiley & Sons, Inc, 2016. |
| Copyright Date | ©2016 |
| Description | xviii, 162 pages ; 22 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Machine generated contents note: Global Connections -- 1.Race, Migration, and Labor -- "Wild Rubber" and Early Industry -- "Wild Rubber" and Empire -- Plantations' Progress: "Rationality and Efficiency" -- Plantation Hierarchies -- Race and Industry in the United States and Europe -- 2.Women and Gender on Plantations and in Factories -- Gendering the Jungle and the Plantation -- Asian Women on Plantations -- European Women and Racism -- The Colonizing Woman -- Gendered Production in the United States and Europe -- Rubber and Sex in Indochine -- 3.Demand and Everyday Consumption -- Everyday Consumption on Southeast Asian Plantations -- Class and Consumption in North America and Europe -- Race and Consumption in Europe and North America -- Gender and Consumption in Europe and North America -- Gendering Reproduction -- 4.World Wars, Nationalism, and Imperialism -- World War I -- "See America First" on "Good Roads" -- Flying for the Nation -- Restricting Rubber in the Wake of War -- American Assertions: Herbert Hoover and US Trade -- Firestone and Friends -- Firestone in Liberia -- Germany: Colonies and Chemicals -- World War II and the US Scramble for Rubber -- Nazi Racism and Buna at Auschwitz -- Imperialism and Nationalism in the Wake of World War II -- 5.Resistance and Independence -- Plantations and Resistance -- Global Economic Crisis and Plantation Labor -- Success of the Smallholders -- Plantations under the Japanese -- Independence and Decolonization -- United Rubber Workers. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Issued in other form | Online version: Harp, Stephen L., author. World history of rubber. Chichester, UK ; Malden, MA : John Wiley & Sons, 2016 9781118934241 |
| Genre/form | History. |
| LCCN | 2015021086 |
| ISBN | 9781118934234 (hardcover) |
| ISBN | 1118934237 (hardcover) |
| ISBN | 9781118934227 (paperback) |
| ISBN | 1118934229 (paperback) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | General Stacks | HD9161 .A2 H37 2016 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |