Nylon and bombs : DuPont and the march of modern America / Pap A. Ndiaye ; translated by Elborg Forster.

By: Ndiaye, Pap [author.]Contributor(s): Forster, Elborg [translator.]Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Original language: French Series: Studies in industry and societyPublisher: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2007Description: 1 online resource (308 pages) : illustrationsContent type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9781421403342Uniform titles: Du nylon et des bombes. English Subject(s): E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company -- History | Chemical industry -- United States -- History | Research, Industrial -- United States -- History | Military-industrial complex -- United States -- HistoryGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: Nylon and bombs : DuPont and the march of modern America.DDC classification: 338.7/6600973 LOC classification: HD9651.9.D8 | N3513 2007Online resources: Click to View
Contents:
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.
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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.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2016. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

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