Nylon and bombs
Subtitle: DuPont and the march of modern America
By: Pap A. Ndiaye ; translated by Elborg Forster.
Series: Studies in industry and society
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Baltimore
Language: eng
Number of pages: 289
ISBN-13: 9780801884443
Subjects: E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company -- History; Chemical industry -- United States -- History; Research, Industrial -- United States -- History; Military-industrial complex -- United States -- History
Work titles: Du nylon et des bombes.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [235]-281) and index.
Table of contents: title: DuPont and the rise of chemical engineering; title: From ammonia to nylon : technologies and careers; title: Culture and politics at DuPont before World War II; title: The forgetten engineers of the bomb; title: The heyday and decline of chemical enineering.