The Devil's Milk
A Social History of Rubber
$68.47
- Paperback
416 pages
- Release Date
17 March 2011
Summary
A history of the modern world told through the multiple lives of rubber
Capital, as Marx once wrote, comes into the world “dripping from head to foot, from every pore, with blood and dirt.” He might well have been describing the long, grim history of rubber. From the early stages of primitive accumulation to the heights of the industrial revolution and beyond, rubber is one of a handful of commodities that has played a crucial role in shaping the modern world, and yet, as John Tully…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781583672310 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1583672311 |
| Author: | John Tully |
| Publisher: | Monthly Review Press,U.S. |
| Imprint: | Monthly Review Press,U.S. |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 416 |
| Release Date: | 17 March 2011 |
| Weight: | 658g |
| Dimensions: | 229mm x 152mm |
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( “What people did to rubber was interesting, but more interesting still was what rubber did to people.” )-(Vicki Baum),(Novelist )
“Think of our industrial structure as a living thing, the skeleton of which is composed of metal and cement, the arterial system of which carries a life stream of oil, and the flexing muscles and sinews of which are of rubber.”–Paul Litchfield, Former President of Goodyear“What people did to rubber was interesting, but more interesting still was what rubber did to people.”–Vicki Baum, Novelist
About The Author
John Tully
Dr. John Tully is lecturer in politics and internationalstudies at Victoria University in Melbourne Australia. He is author of four books: Cambodia Under the Tricolour: King Sisowath and the ‘Mission Civilisatrice, 1904-1927; France on the Mekong: A History of the Protectorate in Cambodia, 1863-1953; A Short History of Cambodia: From Empire to Survival; and a novel, Death Is the Cool Night.
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