A world history of rubber : empire, industry, and the everyday / Stephen L. Harp.
A world history of rubber : empire, industry, and the everyday / Stephen L. Harp.
A world history of rubber : empire, industry, and the everyday / Stephen L. Harp.
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Chichester, West Sussex, UK ; Malden, MA, USA : John Wiley & Sons, Inc, 2016.
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G 2016/2099
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English
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Physical content
xviii, 162 pages ; 22 cm.
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still image
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text
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unmediated
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volume
Contents
Global Connections -- 1.Race, Migration, and Labor -- "Wild Rubber" and Early Industry -- "Wild Rubber" and Empire -- Plantations' Progress: "Rationality and Efficiency" -- Plantation Hierarchies -- Race and Industry in the United States and Europe -- 2.Women and Gender on Plantations and in Factori...
American Assertions: Herbert Hoover and US Trade -- Firestone and Friends -- Firestone in Liberia -- Germany: Colonies and Chemicals -- World War II and the US Scramble for Rubber -- Nazi Racism and Buna at Auschwitz -- Imperialism and Nationalism in the Wake of World War II -- 5.Resistance and Inde...
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Publisher
Chichester, West Sussex, UK ; Malden, MA, USA : John Wiley & Sons, Inc, 2016.
Place of Publication
England
Date Published
2016.
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Summary
A World History of Rubber helps readers understand and gain new insights into the social and cultural contexts of global production and consumption, from the nineteenth century to today, through the fascinating story of one commodity. * Divides the coverage into themes of race, migration, and labor; gender on plantations and in factories; demand an...
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A world history of rubber : empire, industry, and the everyday / Stephen L. Harp.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Adult.
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Online version Harp, Stephen L., author. World history of rubber. Chichester, UK ; Malden, MA : John Wiley & Sons, 2016 9781118934241
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©2016.
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G 2016/2099
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74VKVP0bxjjO
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVP0bxjjO
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ISBN
1118934229
9781118934234
1118934237
9781118934227
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338.4/76782
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991023996210002626
