Growing American rubber : strategic plants and the politics of national security / Mark R. Finlay.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Finlay, Mark R.

Series:

Studies in modern science, technology, and the environment.

Studies in modern science, technology, and the environment

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Rubber industry and trade--United States--History.

Rubber industry and trade.

Rubber plants--Research--United States.

Rubber plants.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (335 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, c2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

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.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 237-306) and index.

ISBN:

9780813579238

0813579236

9780813548708

0813548705

OCLC:

655848230