Nylon and bombs : DuPont and the march of modern America /
Ndiaye, Pap,
Nylon and bombs : DuPont and the march of modern America / Pap A. Ndiaye ; translated by Elborg Forster. - 1 online resource (308 pages) : illustrations. - Studies in industry and society . - Studies in industry and society. .
Includes bibliographical references (pages [235]-281) and index.
DuPont and the rise of chemical engineering -- From ammonia to nylon : technologies and careers -- Culture and politics at DuPont before World War II -- The forgetten engineers of the bomb -- The heyday and decline of chemical enineering.
9781421403342
E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company--History.
Chemical industry--History.--United States
Research, Industrial--History.--United States
Military-industrial complex--History.--United States
Electronic books.
HD9651.9.D8 / N3513 2007
338.7/6600973
Nylon and bombs : DuPont and the march of modern America / Pap A. Ndiaye ; translated by Elborg Forster. - 1 online resource (308 pages) : illustrations. - Studies in industry and society . - Studies in industry and society. .
Includes bibliographical references (pages [235]-281) and index.
DuPont and the rise of chemical engineering -- From ammonia to nylon : technologies and careers -- Culture and politics at DuPont before World War II -- The forgetten engineers of the bomb -- The heyday and decline of chemical enineering.
9781421403342
E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company--History.
Chemical industry--History.--United States
Research, Industrial--History.--United States
Military-industrial complex--History.--United States
Electronic books.
HD9651.9.D8 / N3513 2007
338.7/6600973