Empire of rubber : Firestone's scramble for land and power in Liberia
(2021)
By:
Mitman, Gregg
Nonfiction
Book
Call Numbers:
338.76782/MITMAN,G
Availability
Details
PUBLISHED
New York : The New Press, 2021
DESCRIPTION
xiii, 312 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
ISBN/ISSN
9781620973776, 1620973774 :, 1620973774, 9781620973776
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
Map on endpapers
"America Should Produce Its Own Rubber" -- Reverse Passage -- Missionaries of Capital -- An American Protectorate? -- Contested Development -- Plantation Lives -- Cold War Concessions
"An ambitious and shocking exposé of America's hidden empire in Liberia, run by the storied Firestone corporation, and its long shadow"--