Book contents
- The Cambridge World HistoryVolume VII
- The Cambridge World History
- The Cambridge World HistoryProduction, Destruction, and Connection, 1750–Present
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Maps
- Tables
- Contributors
- Preface
- Part I Social developments
- Part II Culture and Connections
- Part III Moments
- Part IV Ligaments of Globalization
- 17 Transportation and communication, 1750 to the present
- 18 Rubber
- 19 Drugs in the modern era
- 20 The automobile
- 21 Globalization, Anglo-American style
- Index
- References
18 - Rubber
from Part IV - Ligaments of Globalization
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 May 2015
Book contents
- The Cambridge World HistoryVolume VII
- The Cambridge World History
- The Cambridge World HistoryProduction, Destruction, and Connection, 1750–Present
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Maps
- Tables
- Contributors
- Preface
- Part I Social developments
- Part II Culture and Connections
- Part III Moments
- Part IV Ligaments of Globalization
- 17 Transportation and communication, 1750 to the present
- 18 Rubber
- 19 Drugs in the modern era
- 20 The automobile
- 21 Globalization, Anglo-American style
- Index
- References
Summary
Natural rubber is one of the most significant export crops from the tropics, but since the 1940s rubber has been produced from both natural latex and from petroleum. International markets for rubber expanded rapidly after the late 1880s, led by the newly expanding tire industry. The interior of Amazonia underwent a boom in speculative land sales in the 1890s, as soon as the Brazilian government adopted simplified land registration procedures. Until World War II the American role in changing the face of Southeast Asia was subordinate to the colonial grip of the Dutch and British. But shortly after 1900, Southeast Asian moist forests became one of the major tropical regions which American industrial wealth helped to transform. In contrast to Amazonia, the forests of tropical Africa supported a variety of latex-bearing trees and vines. Synthetic rubber production surpassed natural rubber in 1962 and by 1973 it reached two-thirds of total global rubber production.
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