Growing American Rubber explores America's quest during tense decades of the twentieth century to identify a viable source of domestic rubber. Straddling international revolutions and world wars, this unique and well-researched history chronicles efforts of leaders in business, science, and government to sever American dependence on foreign suppliers. Although synthetic rubber emerged from World War II as one solution, the issue of ever-diminishing natural resources and the question of how to meet modern-day demands linger today.
Growing American Rubber explores America's quest during tense decades of the twentieth century to identify a viable source of domestic rubber. Straddling international revolutions and world wars, this unique and well-researched history chronicles efforts of leaders in business, science, and government to sever American dependence on foreign suppliers. Although synthetic rubber emerged from World War II as one solution, the issue of ever-diminishing natural resources and the question of how to meet modern-day demands linger today.
MARK R. FINLAY is a professor of history at Armstrong Atlantic State University. He is the author of numerous articles on the history of "chemurgy," the intersection of agriculture and industry.
Inhaltsangabe
List of Illustrations List of Tables Acknowledgments Introduction The American Dependence on Imported Rubber 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 Resistance to Domestic Rubber Crops and the Decline of the Emergency Rubber Project From Domestic Rubber Crops to Biotechnology Notes Index
List of Illustrations List of Tables Acknowledgments Introduction The American Dependence on Imported Rubber 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 Resistance to Domestic Rubber Crops and the Decline of the Emergency Rubber Project From Domestic Rubber Crops to Biotechnology Notes Index
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