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30293101952393
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Clark County
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338.76782 Mitm
Title
Empire of rubber : Firestone's scramble for land and power in Liberia / Gregg Mitman.
Author
Mitman, Gregg. author.
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338.76782 Mitm
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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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