Empire of rubber Firestone's scramble for land and power in Liberia
Preface -- "America Should Produce Its Own Rubber" -- Reverse Passage -- Missionaries of Capital -- An American Protectorate? -- Contested Development -- Plantation Lives -- Cold War Concessions -- Epilogue.
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Format: | UnknownFormat |
Sprache: | eng |
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New York
The New Press
2021
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Zusammenfassung: | Preface -- "America Should Produce Its Own Rubber" -- Reverse Passage -- Missionaries of Capital -- An American Protectorate? -- Contested Development -- Plantation Lives -- Cold War Concessions -- Epilogue. "An ambitious and shocking expose̹ of America's hidden empire in Liberia, run by the storied Firestone corporation, and its long shadow." |
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Beschreibung: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
Beschreibung: | xiii, 312 Seiten Illustrationen |
ISBN: | 9781620973776 978-1-62097-377-6 |