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Synthetic and temperate rubber in the interwar years and during the Second World War

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Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 February 2010

William G. Clarence-Smith
William G. Clarence-Smith
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Department of History, SOAS, University of London, UK E-mail: wc2@soas.ac.uk
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Journal of Global History , Volume 5 , Issue 1 , March 2010 , pp. 171 - 176
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