02144nam a22003854a 4500 ebr10393232 CaPaEBR m u cr cn||||||||| 080708s2009 njua sb s001 0 eng 2008029190 GBA943175 bnb 015171221 Uk 9780813544830 (hardcover : alk. paper) 0813544831 (hardcover : alk. paper) CaPaEBR CaPaEBR (OCoLC)655848230 n-us--- HD9161.U52 F56 2009eb 633.8/95 22 Finlay, Mark R. Growing American rubber [electronic resource] : strategic plants and the politics of national security / Mark R. Finlay. New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, c2009. xiii, 317 p. : ill. Studies in modern science, technology, and the environment Includes bibliographical references (p. 237-306) and index. The 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. Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. Rubber industry and trade United States History. Rubber plants Research United States. Electronic books. local ebrary, Inc. Studies in modern science, technology, and the environment. http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10393232 An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view 89634 89634