Book ID: CBB078010361

A World History of Rubber: Empire, Industry, and the Everyday (2015)

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Harp, Stephen L. (Author)


Wiley-Blackwell


Publication Date: 2015
Physical Details: 184 pp.
Language: English

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 and everyday consumption; World Wars and nationalism; and resistance and independenceHighlights the interrelatedness of our world long before the age of globalization and the global social inequalities that persist todayDiscusses key concepts of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, including imperialism, industrialization, racism, and inequality, through the lens of rubberProvides an engaging and accessible narrative for all levels that is filled with archival research, illustrations, and maps

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Authors & Contributors
Finlay, Mark R.
Alfonso De Nardo
Wan, Zhaoyuan
Patricia Coorough Burke
Peter M. Sheehan
Butler, Christina Rae
Concepts
Rubber and rubber industry, synthetic
Science and society
Plastics; rubber; polymers
Chemistry
Science and politics
Science and industry
Time Periods
20th century
19th century
21st century
18th century
17th century
20th century, early
Places
United States
Italy
Apennines
Republic of Liberia
South Carolina (U.S.)
Ohio (U.S.)
Institutions
School of Milan
Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
University of Akron
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