Harp, Stephen L. (Author)
Wiley-Blackwell
Publication date: 2015
Language: English
Physical Details: 184 pp.
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
...MoreReview Peter Morris (2018) Review of "A World History of Rubber: Empire, Industry, and the Everyday". Ambix: Journal of the Society for the History of Alchemy and Chemistry (pp. 399-399).
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