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Contents ฀ Translator’s฀Note฀ vii ฀ Introduction฀ 1 ฀฀ DuPont฀and฀the฀Rise฀of฀Chemical฀Engineering฀ 5 ฀฀ From฀Ammonia฀to฀Nylon:฀Technologies฀and฀Careers฀ 63 ฀฀ Culture฀and฀Politics฀at฀DuPont฀before฀World฀War฀II฀ 106 ฀฀ The฀Forgotten฀Engineers฀of฀the฀Bomb฀ 141 ฀฀ The฀Heyday฀and฀Decline฀of฀Chemical฀Engineering฀ 179 ฀ ฀ Conclusion฀ 229 ฀ Notes฀ 235 ฀ Essay฀on฀Sources฀and฀Historiography฀฀ 267 ฀ Index฀ 283 ฀ ฀ ฀฀Illustrations฀appear฀following฀page฀140. This page intentionally left blank ...

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