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Empire of Rubber: Firestone’s Scramble for Land and Power in Liberia

by Gregg Mitman

An ambitious and shocking exposé of America’s hidden empire in Liberia, run by the storied Firestone corporation, and its long shadow In the early 1920s, Americans owned 80 percent of the world’s automobiles and consumed 75 percent of the world’s rubber. But only one percent of the world’s rubber grew under the U.S. flag, creating a bottleneck that hampered

Publisher

New Press, The

Publication date

2021

Format

Print edition

Pages

288

ISBN

9781620973776