Empire of rubber : Firestone's scramble for land and power in Liberia / Gregg Mitman.

Title:

ISBN:

9781620973776

Personal Author:

Mitman, Gregg

Publication Information:

New York : The New Press, 2021.

Physical Description:

xiii, 312 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm

General Note:

Map on endpapers.

Contents:

"America Should Produce Its Own Rubber" -- Reverse Passage -- Missionaries of Capital -- An American Protectorate? -- Contested Development -- Plantation Lives -- Cold War Concessions.

Summary:

"An ambitious and shocking exposé of America's hidden empire in Liberia, run by the storied Firestone corporation, and its long shadow"-- Provided by publisher.

Personal Subject:

Firestone, Harvey Samuel, 1868-1938.

Corporate Subject:

Firestone Tire and Rubber Company -- History.

Geographic Term:

Liberia -- Foreign economic relations -- United States

United States -- Foreign economic relations -- Liberia

Subject Term:

Rubber industry and trade--Liberia -- History 20th century

Rubber industry and trade--United States -- History 20th century

OCLC Number:

on1249800285