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Item Information   Holdings     Summary     More Content       More by this author     Mitman, Gregg author.     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.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Mitman, Gregg author.       by title:      Empire of rubber : F...         MARC Display

Empire of rubber : Firestone's scramble for land and power in Liberia / Gregg Mitman. by 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) Description:  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. Requests:  0 Summary:  "An ambitious and shocking exposeÌ1 of America's hidden empire in Liberia, run by the storied Firestone corporation, and its long shadow"--   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status   Hawaii State Library Business, Science & Technology 338.76782 Mi Checked In Add Copy to MyList Hilo Public Library Adult Nonfiction 338.76782 Mitman Checked In Add Copy to MyList Kapolei Public Library Adult Nonfiction 338.76782 Mi Checked In Add Copy to MyList

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