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Mitman, Gregg author.
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Firestone, Harvey Samuel, 1868-1938.
Firestone Tire and Rubber Company -- History.
Rubber industry and trade -- Liberia -- History -- 20th century.
Rubber industry and trade -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Liberia -- Foreign economic relations -- United States.
United States -- Foreign economic relations -- Liberia.
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Empire of rubber : F...
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Empire of rubber : Firestone's scramble for land and power in Liberia / Gregg Mitman.
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Mitman, Gregg author.
New York : The New Press, 2021.
Subjects
Firestone, Harvey Samuel, 1868-1938.
Firestone Tire and Rubber Company -- History.
Rubber industry and trade -- Liberia -- History -- 20th century.
Rubber industry and trade -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Liberia -- Foreign economic relations -- United States.
United States -- Foreign economic relations -- Liberia.
ISBN:
9781620973776 (hardcover) :
1620973774 (hardcover)
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xiii, 312 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Contents:
Preface -- "America Should Produce Its Own Rubber" -- Reverse Passage -- Missionaries of Capital -- An American Protectorate? -- Contested Development -- Plantation Lives -- Cold War Concessions -- Epilogue.
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"An ambitious and shocking exposeÌ1 of America's hidden empire in Liberia, run by the storied Firestone corporation, and its long shadow"--
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Hawaii State Library
Business, Science & Technology
338.76782 Mi
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338.76782 Mitman
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Kapolei Public Library
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338.76782 Mi
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