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Empire of rubber : Firestone's scramble for land and power in Liberia / Gregg Mitman.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Mitman, Gregg, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Firestone, Harvey Samuel, 1868-1938.
- Firestone, Harvey Samuel.
- Firestone Tire and Rubber Company--History.
- Firestone Tire and Rubber Company.
- Rubber industry and trade--Liberia--History--20th century.
- Rubber industry and trade.
- Rubber industry and trade--United States--History--20th century.
- Liberia--Foreign economic relations--United States.
- Liberia.
- United States--Foreign economic relations--Liberia.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 312 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York ; London : The New Press, 2021.
- Summary:
- "An ambitious and shocking exposé of America's hidden empire in Liberia, run by the storied Firestone corporation, and its long shadow"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- "America Should Produce Its Own Rubber"
- Reverse Passage
- Missionaries of Capital
- An American Protectorate?
- Contested Development
- Plantation Lives
- Cold War Concessions.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-62097-378-2
- OCLC:
- 1263874811
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