Monthly Review Press has just published John Tully's The Devil's Milk: A Social
History of Rubber. This is a tour de force
of research and scholarship, the definitive account of the history of one of
the world's most important commodities. Tully takes
us from Brazil, Liberia, India, Vietnam to Akron, Ohio and Nazi concentration
camps to give us a remarkable and fascinating account
of the transformation of an amazing substance into an enormous array of
products, from dental fillings and condoms to undersea telecommuncations
cables, tires,
and military equipment. I urge you to get a copy, review it, tell others about
it. I am very proud to have served as editor for this book.
Check out http://www.monthlyreview.org/books/devilsmilk.php
Michael Yates
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