Growing American Rubber: Strategic Plants and the Politics of National Security

by Mark R. Finlay

Book Overview

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. Mark Finlay plots out intersecting networks of actors including Thomas Edison, Henry Ford, prominent...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813561574
• ISBN13: 9780813561578
• Release Date: March 2013
• Publisher: Rutgers University Press
• Length: 360 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 8.9"