Empire of Rubber: Firestone's Scramble for Land and Power in Liberia - Gregg Mitman

Descriere Empire of Rubber: Firestone's Scramble for Land and Power in Liberia - Gregg Mitman

\nA well-rendered and -documented tale of exploitation in the \ndeveloping world (Kirkus Reviews) with deep resonance in the present day \n\n \n \nIn a book Paul Farmer called a gem of a social history linking two countries stuck in uncomfortable embrace for well over a century, award-winning author and filmmaker Gregg Mitman tells a sweeping story of capitalism, racial exploitation, and environmental devastation, as Firestone transformed Liberia into America's rubber empire.\n \n \nScouring remote archives to unearth a story of promises unfulfilled for the vast numbers of Liberians who toiled on rubber plantations built on taken land, Mitman peppers this history with a wealth of fascinating details and interesting characters (Foreign Affairs), revealing a system of racial segregation and medical experimentation that reflected Jim Crow America--on African soil.\n \n \nCalled a brilliant, compelling read by Princeton scholar Rob Nixon, Empire of Rubber, now available in paperback, provides a riveting narrative of ecology and disease, of commerce and science, and of racial politics and political maneuvering--the hidden story of a corporate empire whose tentacles reach into the present.\n

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9781620977965

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