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

By: Contributor(s): 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 resource
ISBN:
  • 9781421403342 (e-book)
Uniform titles:
  • Du nylon et des bombes. English
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Nylon and bombs : DuPont and the march of modern America.DDC classification:
  • 338.7/6600973 22
LOC classification:
  • HD9651.9.D8 N3513 2007eb
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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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