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" The devil's milk : "
by John Tully
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BL
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645598
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| Main Entry
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Tully, John A., (John Andrew)
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The devil's milk : : a social history of rubber /\ by John Tully
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| Publication Statement
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New York :: Monthly Review Press,, c2011
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480 p. :: ill. ;; 24 cm
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| ISBN
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9781583672310 (pbk.)
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: 1583672311 (pbk.)
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: 9781583672327 (cloth)
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: 158367232X (cloth)
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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| Contents
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Rubber in Mesoamerican civilizations -- Rubber in the industrial revolution -- The dark side of the rubber revolution -- The Amazon rubber boom -- The lives of the Seringueiros -- There is no sin beyond the equator -- Heart of darkness: rubber and blood on the Congo -- Gutta-Percha, telegraphs, imperialism, and ecology -- "Rubber's home town" -- The 1913 IWW strike at Akron -- Sisters, brothers, unite! The Rubber Workers' Union in Akron -- The triumph of Plantation Hevea -- The planters' world -- The coolie diaspora -- The coolies' world -- Coolie revolts -- The long road to Monowitz -- Monowitz: "a bulwark of Germandom" -- The only way out is up the chimney -- The allied struggle for rubber in the Second World War -- War is good for business
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| Subject
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Rubber industry and trade
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| Dewey Classification
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338.4/7678209
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HD9161.A2T85 2011
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HD9161.A2T85 2011
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