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Wheels of fortune : the story of rubber in Akron
- Title
- Wheels of fortune : the story of rubber in Akron / Steve Love and David Giffels ; edited by Debbie Van Tassel ; pictures edited by Susan Kirkman ; with a foreword by Rita Dove.
- Author
- Love, Steve, 1946-
- Publication
- Akron, OH : University of Akron Press, [1999], ©1999.
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- Description
- xiv, 359 pages : illustrations; 29 cm.
- Series Statement
- Ohio history and culture
- Uniform Title
- Ohio history and culture.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- 1. Tire Town No More -- 2. The Rubber Barons -- 3. Standing Room Only -- 4. A Seiberling Legacy -- 5. The Company Town -- 6. Rubber Shop Royalty -- 7. Goodyear's Guiding Force -- 8. Hometown Heroes -- 9. Rubber Workers Unite -- 10. Synthetic Rubber -- 11. A War Brings Progress -- 12. Lighter than Air -- 13. The Radial Invasion -- 14. Triennial Passion Plays -- 15. What Went Wrong -- 16. Akron Plants Close Down -- 17. A Niche Company Survives -- 18. Philanthropy and Artistry -- 19. The Changing City -- 20. Goodyear is Raided -- 21. Nevin Reengineers Firestone -- 22. Goodyear Rebounds -- 23. Race on Sunday, Sell on Monday -- 24. Rubber's Remains -- 25. A Polymer Legacy -- 26. The Changing of the Guard -- 27. Life after Rubber.
- ISBN
- 1884836372 (alk. paper)
- 1884836380 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 98036729
- OCLC
- 39627554
- ocm39627554
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries