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

Publication Info.	New York : The New Press, 2021.
	©2021

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Berlin-Peck Memorial Library - Non Fiction	338.76 MITMAN	Check Shelf
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Description	xiii, 312 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages [253]-300) and index.
Note	Maps 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.
Subject	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.
	Firestone, Harvey Samuel, 1868-1938. (OCoLC)fst00156649
	Firestone Tire and Rubber Company. (OCoLC)fst00530180
	International economic relations. (OCoLC)fst00976891
	Rubber industry and trade. (OCoLC)fst01100916
	Liberia. (OCoLC)fst01205331
	United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Chronological Term	1900-1999
Genre/Form	History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
ISBN	9781620973776 hardcover
	1620973774 hardcover
	9781620973783 electronic book

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