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Barcode30293101952393
LocationClark County
Call No338.76782 Mitm
TitleEmpire of rubber : Firestone's scramble for land and power in Liberia / Gregg Mitman.
AuthorMitman, Gregg. author.
CollectionNF
Total Circ0
NumReserves0
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LocationBarcodeCall NoCreated OnIssue NameCirc StatusTemp Loc
Clark County30293101952393338.76782 Mitm11/23/2021 AvailableClark County

Catalog Details

International Standard Book Number 9781620973776 (hardcover)
International Standard Book Number 1620973774
International Standard Book Number 9781620973783 (ebook)
Personal Name Mitman, Gregg. author.
Title Statement Empire of rubber : Firestone's scramble for land and power in Liberia / Gregg Mitman.
Production, Publication, Distribution, Manufacture, and Copyright Notice New York : The New Press, 2021.
Physical Description xiii, 312 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
General Note Maps on endpapers.
Bibliography, Etc. Note Includes bibliographical references (pages [253]-300) and index.
Formatted Contents Note Preface -- "America Should Produce Its Own Rubber" -- Reverse Passage -- Missionaries of Capital -- An American Protectorate? -- Contested Development -- Plantation Lives -- Cold War Concessions -- Epilogue.
Summary, Etc. "An ambitious and shocking expose of America's hidden empire in Liberia, run by the storied Firestone corporation, and its long shadow"-- Provided by publisher.
Subject-Personal Name Firestone, Harvey Samuel, 1868-1938.
Subject-Corporate Name Firestone Tire and Rubber Company History.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Rubber industry and trade History 20th century. Liberia
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Rubber industry and trade History 20th century. United States
Subject Added Entry - Geographical Term Liberia Foreign economic relations United States.
Subject Added Entry - Geographical Term United States Foreign economic relations Liberia.

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