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Nylon and Bombs: DuPont and the March of Modern America

Contributor(s): Ndiaye, Pap A (Author), Forster, Elborg (Translator)

ISBN: 9780801884443

Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press

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Pub Date: February 1, 2007

Dewey: 338.76600973

LCCN: 2006004143

Lexile Code: 0000

Features: Bibliography, Dust Cover, Illustrated, Index, Table of Contents

Target Age Group: NA to NA

Physical Info: 1.03" H x 9.52" L x 6.06" W ( 1.21 lbs) 304 pages

Series: Studies in Industry and Society

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Description: Reflecting on the experiences and contributions of the company's engineers and physicists, Ndiaye traces Du Pont's transformation into one of the corporate models of American success.

Brief description: Elborg Forster's translations for Johns Hopkins include Medieval Marriage by Georges Duby and Illness and Self in Society by Claudine Herzlich and Janine Pierret.

Review Quotes: Fresh because of its innovative approach to the history of DuPont . . . Stimulating book.
--Terrence J. Gough, Journal of Military History

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