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100 1 _aFinlay, Mark R.
245 1 0 _aGrowing American rubber
_h[electronic resource] :
_bstrategic plants and the politics of national security /
_cMark R. Finlay.
260 _aNew Brunswick, N.J. :
_bRutgers University Press,
_cc2009.
300 _axiii, 317 p. :
_bill. ;
_c24 cm.
490 1 _aStudies in modern science, technology, and the environment
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 237-306) and index.
505 0 _aThe 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.
533 _aElectronic reproduction.
_bPalo Alto, Calif. :
_cebrary,
_d2011.
_nAvailable via World Wide Web.
_nAccess may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
650 0 _aRubber industry and trade
_zUnited States
_xHistory.
650 0 _aRubber plants
_xResearch
_zUnited States.
655 7 _aElectronic books.
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710 2 _aebrary, Inc.
830 0 _aStudies in modern science, technology, and the environment.
856 4 0 _uhttp://site.ebrary.com/lib/kliuc/Doc?id=10393232
_zAn electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
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