A world history of rubber : empire, industry, and the everyday /: empire, industry, and the everyday. (2015)
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- Title:
- A world history of rubber : empire, industry, and the everyday /: empire, industry, and the everyday. (2015)
- Main Title:
- A world history of rubber : empire, industry, and the everyday
- Further Information:
- Note: Stephen L. Harp.
- Authors:
- Harp, Stephen L
- Contents:
- Acknowledgments ix Timeline xi Global Rubber and Tire Companies xvii Introduction: Why Rubber? 1 Global Connections 8 1 Race, Migration, and Labor 10 “Wild Rubber” and Early Industry 11 “Wild Rubber” and Empire 14 Plantations’ Progress: “Rationality and Efficiency” 17 Plantation Hierarchies 21 Race and Industry in the United States and Europe 29 2 Women and Gender on Plantations and in Factories 40 Gendering the Jungle and the Plantation 42 Asian Women on Plantations 44 European Women and Racism 48 The Colonizing Woman 50 Gendered Production in the United States and Europe 52 Rubber and Sex in Indochine 56 3 Demand and Everyday Consumption 61 Everyday Consumption on Southeast Asian Plantations 62 Class and Consumption in North America and Europe 64 Race and Consumption in Europe and North America 68 Gender and Consumption in Europe and North America 71 Gendering Reproduction 77 4 World Wars, Nationalism, and Imperialism 83 World War I 84 “See America First” on “Good Roads” 86 Flying for the Nation 88 Restricting Rubber in the Wake of War 90 American Assertions: Herbert Hoover and US Trade 91 Firestone and Friends 94 Firestone in Liberia 96 Germany: Colonies and Chemicals 99 World War II and the US Scramble for Rubber 102 Nazi Racism and Buna at Auschwitz 105 Imperialism and Nationalism in the Wake of World War II 107 5 Resistance and Independence 111 Plantations and Resistance 112 Global Economic Crisis and Plantation Labor 118 Success of the Smallholders 120 PlantationsAcknowledgments ix Timeline xi Global Rubber and Tire Companies xvii Introduction: Why Rubber? 1 Global Connections 8 1 Race, Migration, and Labor 10 “Wild Rubber” and Early Industry 11 “Wild Rubber” and Empire 14 Plantations’ Progress: “Rationality and Efficiency” 17 Plantation Hierarchies 21 Race and Industry in the United States and Europe 29 2 Women and Gender on Plantations and in Factories 40 Gendering the Jungle and the Plantation 42 Asian Women on Plantations 44 European Women and Racism 48 The Colonizing Woman 50 Gendered Production in the United States and Europe 52 Rubber and Sex in Indochine 56 3 Demand and Everyday Consumption 61 Everyday Consumption on Southeast Asian Plantations 62 Class and Consumption in North America and Europe 64 Race and Consumption in Europe and North America 68 Gender and Consumption in Europe and North America 71 Gendering Reproduction 77 4 World Wars, Nationalism, and Imperialism 83 World War I 84 “See America First” on “Good Roads” 86 Flying for the Nation 88 Restricting Rubber in the Wake of War 90 American Assertions: Herbert Hoover and US Trade 91 Firestone and Friends 94 Firestone in Liberia 96 Germany: Colonies and Chemicals 99 World War II and the US Scramble for Rubber 102 Nazi Racism and Buna at Auschwitz 105 Imperialism and Nationalism in the Wake of World War II 107 5 Resistance and Independence 111 Plantations and Resistance 112 Global Economic Crisis and Plantation Labor 118 Success of the Smallholders 120 Plantations under the Japanese 124 Independence and Decolonization 126 United Rubber Workers 131 Conclusion: Forgetting and Remembering Rubber 137 Suggested Readings 142 Index 157 … (more)
- Edition:
- 1st
- Publisher Details:
- Chichester, West Sussex : Wiley Blackwell
- Publication Date:
- 2015
- Extent:
- 1 online resource
- Subjects:
- 338.476782
Rubber industry and trade -- History
Labor and globalization
Globalization -- Social aspects - Languages:
- English
- ISBNs:
- 9781118934258
- Related ISBNs:
- 9781118934234
9781118934227 - Notes:
- Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
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