Rubber: An American Industrial History
The rubber industry was born in bankruptcy and built through bankruptcies. As this history details, many of the great rubber barons—Charles Goodyear, Harvey Firestone, B.F. Goodrich, F.A. Seiberling—found themselves or their companies in bankruptcy courts. Fortunately, the industry has always proven as elastic as its product.

From the early search for an American location to process the rubber of the tropics to the collapse of the industry, this is the story of rubber in America.

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Rubber: An American Industrial History
The rubber industry was born in bankruptcy and built through bankruptcies. As this history details, many of the great rubber barons—Charles Goodyear, Harvey Firestone, B.F. Goodrich, F.A. Seiberling—found themselves or their companies in bankruptcy courts. Fortunately, the industry has always proven as elastic as its product.

From the early search for an American location to process the rubber of the tropics to the collapse of the industry, this is the story of rubber in America.

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Rubber: An American Industrial History

Rubber: An American Industrial History

by Quentin R. Skrabec , Jr.
Rubber: An American Industrial History

Rubber: An American Industrial History

by Quentin R. Skrabec , Jr.

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Overview

The rubber industry was born in bankruptcy and built through bankruptcies. As this history details, many of the great rubber barons—Charles Goodyear, Harvey Firestone, B.F. Goodrich, F.A. Seiberling—found themselves or their companies in bankruptcy courts. Fortunately, the industry has always proven as elastic as its product.

From the early search for an American location to process the rubber of the tropics to the collapse of the industry, this is the story of rubber in America.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780786469987
Publisher: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers
Publication date: 01/10/2014
Pages: 244
Product dimensions: 5.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.70(d)
Age Range: 18 Years

About the Author

Quentin R. Skrabec, Jr., Ph.D., is an international expert in management, manufacturing and globalization, and the author of several books on American industrial history, capitalism and notable business leaders. He lives in Maumee, Ohio.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments vi

Preface 1

Introduction 3

1 The Fall of Rubber's Rome 7

2 The Road to Akron 25

3 The Rubber Industry Comes to Akron 42

4 The Greatest of Them All - The New England Rubber Barons 53

5 Seiberling Brings Goodyear to Town 63

6 A New Baron in Town 72

7 The Rubber Boom and Rubber Cartels 85

8 The War and Auto Sales Change the Industry 116

9 Plantation Owners - Golden Years of the Barons 128

10 Rubber Profits and the Roaring Twenties 144

11 Social and Community Reforms 154

12 The Taming of the Lions-1930s 161

13 The World Turned Upside Down 173

14 War and Synthetic Rubber 184

15 The Passing of the Old Guard - The Postwar Rubber Industry 195

16 The Four Horsemen 203

17 Back to the Future 216

Timeline 225

Chapter Notes 227

Bibliography 231

Index 233

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