Rubber : an American industrial history / Quentin R. Skrabec, Jr.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Skrabec, Quentin R.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

Rubber industry and trade.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (245 p.)

Place of Publication:

Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2014]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"The rubber industry was born in bankruptcy and built through bankruptcies. As this history details, many of the great rubber barons--Charles Goodyear, Harvey Firestone, B.F. Goodrich, F.A. Seiberling--found themselves or their companies in bankruptcy courts. Fortunately, the industry has always proven as elastic as its product"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Cover; Acknowledgments; Table of Contents; Preface; Introduction; 1. The Fall of Rubber's Rome; 2. The Road to Akron; 3. The Rubber Industry Comes to Akron; 4. The Greatest of Them All-The New England Rubber Barons; 5. Seiberling Brings Goodyear to Town; 6. A New Baron in Town; 7. The Rubber Boom and Rubber Cartels; 8. The War and Auto Sales Change the Industry; 9. Plantation Owners-Golden Years of the Barons; 10. Rubber Profits and the Roaring Twenties; 11. Social and Community Reforms; 12. The Taming of the Lions-1930s; 13. The World Turned Upside Down; 14. War and Synthetic Rubber

15. The Passing of the Old Guard-The Postwar Rubber Industry16. The Four Horsemen; 17. Back to the Future; Timeline; Chapter Notes; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-4766-1217-X