The Devil's Milk: A Social History of Rubber

by John A. Tully

Book Overview

A history of the modern world told through the multiple lives of rubber

Capital, as Marx once wrote, comes into the world "dripping from head to foot, from every pore, with blood and dirt." He might well have been describing the long, grim history of rubber. From the early stages of primitive accumulation to the heights of the industrial revolution and beyond, rubber is one of a handful of commodities that has played a crucial role...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1583672311
• ISBN13: 9781583672310
• Release Date: February 2011
• Publisher: Monthly Review Press
• Length: 416 Pages
• Weight: 1.58 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 5.9" x 9.1"