Rubber - A Story of Glory and Greed : A Story of Glory and Greed.
Title:
Rubber - A Story of Glory and Greed : A Story of Glory and Greed.
Author:
Wolf, Howard.
ISBN:
9781847353764
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Edition:
1st ed.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (448 pages)
Contents:
Introduction -- 1 Genesis -- 2 Wild -- 2.1 Rubber River -- 2.2 Jungle Boom -- 2.3 The Cearenses, the Caucheros, the Infidels -- 2.4 Congo King -- 2.5 Outposts of Progress -- 3 Plantation -- 3.1 Seed Snatch -- 3.2 Gold on Trees -- 3.3 Brown Man, Yellow Man -- 3.4 Caoutchouc Corners -- 3.5 Industrial Imperialists -- 3.6 Temperate Zone -- 4 Laboratory and Mill -- 4.1 The Problem -- 4.2 The Answerer -- 4.3 Reclaimer -- 4.4 Accelerator -- 4.5 Pigments, Mills and the Liquid Invasion -- 4.6 Synthetic -- 5 Big Business -- 5.1 Small Fry and Octopus -- 5.2 Boom Town -- 5.3 The Big Four -- 5.4 Gum Workers -- SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY -- BOOKS -- PAMPHLETS -- GOVERNMENT DOCUMENTS AND PUBLICATIONS -- MAGAZINE ARTICLES -- Index.
Abstract:
History, war, bloodshed and even romance ... it's all contained in this Classic Rapra Reprint! The book is targeted at the general reader, it's both informative and entertaining. It will also be interesting to students of the history of science, as well as to those who work with rubber on a day-to-day basis and those who would like to know more about the background of the rubber that they are working with.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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