Commerce in Rubber. The first 250 years
Details:
- Author(s) Coates, Austin
- Publication type Monograph
- Year published 1987
- Pages 380pp; illus
- Publisher Oxford University Press
- Place Published New York NY
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- Name British Library
- City London
- County Greater London
- Country England
- Postcode NW1 2DB
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Commissioned by the Singapore International Chamber of Commerce Rubber Association. An international history from the beginnings of the rubber industry in the 18th century to 1986. Deals especially with the history of cultivation and trading in rubber and, to a very much lesser extent, manufacture and the influence of manufacturing companies. Deals especially with Malaya and Singapore but also Brazil and Sri Lanka. Much on British investment in Malaya and Singapore and on rubber trading including references to UK businesses such as Guthrie Corp, Dunlop Rubber Co Ltd, Boustead & Co Ltd, Harrison & Crosfields Ltd